Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.

We read (Law's Memor. Pref. lix.) that one John Brugh, a notorious warlock (wizard) in the parochin of Fossoquhy, by the space of thirty-six years, was worried at a stake and burned, 1643.

Here, patienthood invoked an epistemic investigation into causes and results and motivated decisions about seeking or rejecting cure.

The larger the empire, the more dwindles the mind of the citizen.