The word person is Latin: instead whereof the Greeks have πρόσωπον , which signifies the “face,” as “persona” in Latin signifies the “disguise,” or “outward appearance” of a man, counterfeited on the stage; and sometimes more particularly that part of it, which disguiseth the face, as a mask or vizard: and from the stage, hath been translated to any representer of speech and action, as well in tribunals as theatres. So that a “person,” is the same that an “actor” is, both on the stage and in common conversation; and to “personate,” is to “act,” or “represent” himself or another; and he that acteth another, is said to bear his person, or act in his name; in which sense Cicero useth it where he says, Unus sustineo tres personas; mei, adversarii, et judicis : I bear three persons: my own, my adversary’s, and the judge’s; and is called in divers occasions, diversely; as a “representer,” or “representative,” a “lieutenant,” a “vicar,” an “attorney,” a “deputy,” a “procurator,” an “actor,” and the like.