And she said to the king, [It was] a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
Ver. 5. It was a true report.] Praeclare de ipso loquitur. Lipsius conqueritur - an Iustus ipse viderit - desiisse homines non mode laudanda facere, sed laudare. a Praise worthy persons are not to be defrauded of their due praises. "If any virtue, if any praise." Php 4:8
a Lib. ii. epist. 70.