Chapter

 1 Ana| been forthcoming, and only rumour is responsible for the charge (
 2 VII| been forthcoming, and only rumour is responsible for the charge. ~
 3 VII|    of fear! ~The nature of rumour is known to all. As your
 4 VII|   your own poet says 21— ~'Rumour is an ill, and none more
 5 VII|  none more swift.' ~Why is Rumour an ill? because swift? because
 6 VII|  at Rome;' or, 'There is a rumour that he is appointed to
 7 VII|    This happened at Rome.' Rumour, a name for uncertainty,
 8 VII| any but a rash man believe Rumour? A wise man trusts not to
 9 VII|   long hidden, even though rumour has not disseminated it. ~
10 VII|     Justly, therefore, has Rumour alone all this time been
11 XVI| have omitted any unrefuted rumour, as though privy to its