LXIX Here it is told of the great justice of the Emperor Trajan
Edward Storer translation
The Emperor Trajan was a most just lord.
Then the Emperor got down from his horse, and did justice on those who had killed the woman’s son, and then rode off and defeated his enemies.
And this showed how just a man he had been, and how justly he had spoken.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · “she said”. ↑Note 2 · The compilator is considerably out of his reckoning here, as, of course, Pope Gregory lived more than four centuries after Trojan. He was elNote 3 · The story probably originated from an episode mentioned by Dion Cassius. ↑Note 4 · Going one day with his host of cavalry against his enemies, a widow woman came before him, and taking hold of his stirrup said: Sire, renderNote 5 · And not a long time after his death2 there came holy Saint Gregory the pope, and learning of his work of justice, went to his monument. And Note 6 · And Saint Gregory prayed to God for him. And it is related that by evident miracle, owing to the prayers of this holy pope, the soul of the