He, for his virtue, was chosen by common consent to be the master of my people.

Peace and justice were the beginning, middle, and end of his lordship, which removed all discord from the State.

By the greatness of his valor I grew in territory round about.

Every neighbor reverenced me, some through love and some through dread; for it was dear to them to rest beneath his mantle.' These verses set forth the qualities which united the mass of the populations to their new lords.

The Despot delivered the industrial classes from the tyranny and anarchy of faction, substituting a reign of personal terrorism that weighed more heavily upon the nobles than upon the artisans or peasants.