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Show ~ Lhefourth Bookeofthefrft part. Cuan.7.gy, Cuar:7.§.1 foond concuiting,and calling the' Senate together, began.lay claimeto the Crap, VII. ae Kin¢dome. Vponthistumult,Seruius Tativs haftning tothe Senate<where hee thoughtby authority Thegrowth ofRome: andfetling ofthe EaSterne Kingdomes, tohaue bridled infolencywasthrowne downethe ftaires,and going home fore bruifed, wasflain by the way; when hehad reigned forty and foure.years, ‘Phen Tullia his daughtery firft proclaiming her-husband Tarquiaius. Superbas king sreturning home,|enforced oP §. 1. her; Coach-man tordriue his) Chariot oucr her fathers corpes 3 Whereupon the ftreet had the denomination of wicked ftrect.This Tarquéne,cxexcifing cruelty without inftices ahd tyranny: without mercy, vpon the people and Senators shauing tired himfelfe and them athome,vfed the famerage oftreachery ypon his borders. 'He tooke Ocriculum,Suefla, io Pometia,and the Gabij. The iffue ofbefieging Ardea, a, sowne cighteene miles diftarit from Rome,was of bad {necefle, In the heat ofwhich warre, his fonne Sextus Tatgninins Howthe Romanes enlarged their Dominion iw tealy, fromthedeath of Tullus Ho ftilius, v7. tofach time as they were af/ailed by Phyirhus. a Ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World, 8 OwRome was foutided by Romalme, ferled in good ordei byw *® Pompitiws's and by many,' though ‘{mall°vidories it gathered & ftrength {vntofuch tite as it: became the head of Latium' by the conqueft'of Alba; inthereigne of of Tans Homilins sichatk beené f already noted'; ‘in'due order oftime. But whereas now the Roman violently rauithed that chafte Lady Lacretia, his kinfinan Golletines wife : whoin way of 4 ding it felfe'our'of Traly, to: onerwhelme thé Doiminiony of other by lanias Bratas his refolution) Targuinius Superbus, with his wifeand children; was depoledand banithed and fled'to: Porfewza king of Hetrutia for fuccouy, in the fine and eXpiation for fo vnchaftea deed, thought. good ta waih ourthofé {pots of infamy with het ownebloud ; fo (hauing firft bequeathed the reuenge.ynto herfather Sp. Lusretins Tricipitions her husband Collatine,8c tuning Brutus) the kil'd her felf: whercupon(chiefly Se greathefle beginricth to encounterthe powerof Greece; and exten: "TyDs States'and Princes: Thold it conuenjent(asin like cafes 1 haue done) briefly to fet downethe grawth ofthis mighty City,ina compendiousrélation,ofthole many actions, which could not have been delivered in the ages, wherein they ‘were {euetally performed, without much intertuption‘ofthe Hiftory, that wasthen ©ectipied" twentieth yeare of his reignt,ahd the two hundred forty and fourth fromthebuilding of their Gity sin which {pace Romehad {carcegotren poflefion offiftecne milesronad a+ bouthor. After the death of Tallus Hoflilias (who when he had reigned two & thirty ‘years vvas i °adinitany gouerament by Kings amongitrhém : whereupon they ranfacked their Kings burnt together with his houfeby lightning) Awcws Asartins, Grandchilde to Nava Pow: piliusby his daughter, and not much valike him in difpofition, fudceeded in the King- goods,confeécratedtheirfields to @ars,and.conferred the: gouernmedtofthe State ypon Srutisaad Collatine. But becaufe the name of King was odious: ini their cares} they dome of Rome.He walled the City about ; enlargedit with the hill Auentine, which he enclofed; builea bridge ouer Tybris, & the City of Oftiavpon the Sea, fixteette miles diftant from Rome. Finallyhauing reigned foure anid tienty yearés;he diedand byhis faft Will heleft his children in charge with one Lwcusow 5 the fonof Damaratas,a Corinthian, who auoyding Cyp/élus King of Corinth his tyranny, had ‘fled into Hetnuria, & »9 dwelvin Tarquinii,by the naie‘ofvvhich Towne hé was afterwatds-ealled 7;‘arquinins. From thatCity in Hetruria Comming to Rome,& encontaged by fome ominous occut- changedthe maianct oftheir gouernmentyfrom perpetual! soannuallyarid froma fiagle goliernour toadouble left perperualhor {ole dominion might bee fome mMoriueto, vitr- pation; &iinftead ofKings theycalled thet Coiifls, fignifyings asitmay be interpre- ted} Protiiders': that theirtitles might remember themroftheit place, whichwas to bee alwayes mindefull- of their Citizens welfare. And yet wasitfohard ferling of troubled Waters,that the people,after.this innouation ofState; fcarce daring ro affure rhemf{elues oftheinownefecutity, enforced TarquininsCollatine to tefignevphisauthority, tearing Tents,togetherwithhis wifeTasaquils prophecy,hé grewa fauorite ofAmeus Martiusby his Grecian wit humouring the factions of the Romane Court, infomuch that after his 3°that tytanny would bee hereditary, and {uppofing that: the very name: and: affinity deceafe,hie becaine not only Protecorto the children;but Goueitiou rto the! City. He doubled the number ofSenatours, and enlarged the'Centutions of Horfemen': neither was he leffe:eminentin warre,than in peace: for he preuailed often againft the Tulcans, andfromhis victories, the chiefeft ornaments oftriumph tooke their original." When this Zwcius Targoinins had reigned eight and thirty yeares, he was flaineby thefonsof Aatis Martiusczo whom hehadbeen left Guardiat. But Tanaguil his wife, perceiuing 49 whatwas'done,enformed the people,from out ofan high Turret,that her Husband was wounded, and ficke, but not dangeroufly.' And withall fignified vnito them, thatinthe : linins Brutus by the helpd of Colatine, hauing expelled Targuive,and freed his Countreysftom that heanie' yoke ofboridage;inforced the people: by falemne oath, neuer to inmattermore important. ) With the:houfe of Targaine, fauioured already oftheircondition. Jo his roofhe was fbitituied "a/eriss Pabticole; who tharhce might (as his namcitnporteth)y be gracious inthe peoples eyes, gauic liberty; in matters ofcontravérfic, to appeale fromthe Cons fuls tothe people : and that hee:might as wellin goods as in perion; anoide occafion Of fafpition, cainfed his owné houleto bee pulled dowsie; becaufejit was builrin:a Place defenfible, asif it had-beenea Cictadell.. Neither was Bretms any. wayes deficifatit matter ofgreater moment; which concerned as welbthe peoples fafety, as: their faulour's for hauing gor intelligence, that fome greener wits, and in the firft ranke his owne fonnes, were itching after innonations, hoping toreftore the banifhed kings; hee saterim ofhis fickneflejone Sernius Tullius; whom fromhis birth fhe alwaies prophecied Cahfed them, publikely in the Market-placeto be whiptjand:thento bee broughtall vn- teaptiuc woman) brought-vp in her houfe;'and-husband vnto her daughter, thould fupply her husbands place, in gouerning the State,vntill his recouery : vvhich gouerment, being thus atfirft obtained by cunning,he afterwards vfurpedas his right.He firt Partially tothe blocke. t setlitherto the Romans, hauing by the vablemithedintcerityof Bratwrmel appeafed all lnbred'quarrels ar home, now hereafter imploytheir military defignements,againft For Taioers s firft,for their liberty'; fecondly;for enlarging oftheir pofleilions,yand laftly, for Siding their confederate Prouinces, anid extending theirEnipire. /Eor Rome; fitaarqd tobe bornetogreat hopes, (the fonne of P.cernicalanas and:Ocrifia, a well defcended, ordained Ratements, Subfidies, and valuations ofthe peoples wealth ; among whom,st that time, fourefcore thoufand were muttered, ofwhich numberconiifted their whole corporation; and by diftin@tion of Dignities, Ages, Trades,and Ofiices, hee mat the Kingdome in asgood fort, asifithad beena priuate houfehold . Atle to daughters of different natures, theone milde and gentle, 1 the otherfierce gious : and finding alfothat the two {onnes of Targquinius Prifcus, Sextas and which had beene committed yntohis tuition » wereofdifferent difpofitions, propo tionably an{wering to his daughters ; hee (willing to adde water, not oyle,t0 St gauethe milde daughter to Sextus the hot-headed fonne « and the violent, to Araas the aSinwere in the mid-way betwcene Latium andtheT ufcans; haningasiyer but narbow lindssbcingiin her minority,could sot bur gitie oecafion of offence to herncighbours§ Yorllby inaine oppofitios having prevailedagpin{t her bordcicts; fhee vied themas.in+ So Mrunionts|whereby:to obrame the:reft. Theicfirfewarregin the firkt-yecte of Confuls,wasagainkt Porsenna: king of Hetrisviass who, being oner-perfwaded by ‘Targuines lametitation; cainieto Rémestogethtr with the king,and with erédt forcessto {cate hitragaine in his Kiugdomts 21dNG 1 gentle in marriage.But whether byintended courfes,or by accident,it hapned ;thet¥9 Teche fir CONFIGS Hexdtins Cacles;hauitig long time bore rhe maine brune of his chts Mics;onthe bridge Ouer Tibris atlength; feeling him{elfetoorainr 10 fhand againtt'fo in marriage‘ ¥"" Many, caufed the bridpebchindehini ro-be broken downe,gow with hisarmour, leaping milde ones being made away,the furious natures were readily ioyned {oon into |