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Twelve Emperors by Suetonius

Galba, Chapter 21: His appearance
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He [Note 1] was of average height, very bald, with blue eyes and a hooked nose. His hands and feet were so distorted by gout that he could not endure a shoe for long, unroll a book, or even hold one. The flesh on his left side too had grown out and hung down to such an extent, that it could with difficulty be held in place by a bandage.

Note 1: he = Galba

Kl = request.querystring("Kl") %> > He [Note 1] was of average height, very bald, with blue eyes and a hooked nose. His hands and feet were so distorted by gout that he could not endure a shoe for long, unroll a book, or even hold one. The flesh on his left side too had grown out and hung down to such an extent, that it could with difficulty be held in place by a bandage.

Note 1: he = Galba