The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 219
instrument employed by most ancientnations, and in many countries it remained in use until the tenth centuryof the Christian era. In one of his dialogues Plato declares that the philosophers are far morefortunate than the orators— these being the slaves of a miserable water-clock ; whereas the… … to measure the time allowed to the advocates for pleading by means of awater-clock. Three equal portions of water were put into it—one for theprosecutor, one for the defendant, and the third for the judge. A man wascharged with the special duty of giving timely notice to each of the threespeakers…
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