v. 56)
but such mean revenge is unworthy of a king and a conqueror; and I am sorry to find so much black superstition
in the letter of Heraclius: he almost applauds the parricide of Siroes as an act of piety and justice.
On the first rumour of the death of Chosroes, an Heracliad in two cantos was instantly published at Constantinople by George of Pisidia, (p. 97 - 105.)
A priest and a poet might very properly exult in the damnation of the public enemy
( v. 56)
but such mean revenge is unworthy of a king and a conqueror; and I am sorry to find so much black superstition
in the letter of Heraclius: he almost applauds the parricide of Siroes as an act of piety and justice.