imperes

_Et memor sum et diligens, ut quae imperes comparcant; _

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

Dutch, who believed in the maxim _Divide ut imperes_.

Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China 1918

There may have been Englishmen who, believing in the shallow maxim _Divide ut imperes_, have relied on that estrangement to fortify British rule; but such has never been the principle of British policy.

India, Old and New Valentine Chirol 1890