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few travellers from England, for in that age England was deemed
a distant country and sent forth but a few of her elite to
represent her on such occasions, most of those from the
adjoining territories who could afford the time and cost, and
who by rank or character were entitled to the distinction, and
the wives and families of the local officers who happened to be
engaged as actors in the representation.  By the time the
different parts of the principal procession were assembled in
the square, all the seats of the estrade were crowded, with the
exception of those reserved for the bailiff and his immediate
friends.  Chapter XIV.    So once were ranged the sons of
ancient Rome,   A noble show!  While Roscius trod the stage.
The day was not yet far advanced, when all the component parts
of the grand procession had arrived in the square.  Shortly
after, a flourish of clarions gave notice of the approach of the
authorities.  First came the bailiff, f