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Show 248 . The fourth Bookeofthe yirjt\part ‘Cuav.7ig1 ee into the River,likea hunted Stagge,tefrethed his hot {pirits,and returned fafe to his fel. Cuar.7.9.10 vont ofthe Hiftorie ofthe World. he had well-nigh wonthehill laniculus,which is the very entranceinto the City, and found the victory; ina maner; affliredly his owne: yet admiring their-valour,and terri. fied by the conftant refolution ofA¢atias Not long afterthis,the Veij in Hécruria,prouoked the Romans-dgainft whom the Fabij, phree hundred and fixe in nimber} all of one Family;)intreared and obtained, tharshey only mightbe imployed, as ivhad bin ina'priuate quairell,: Thefe Pabij;after fomegood feruices,lying incampedat ‘Cremera, were circumuented,andall laine': one only ofthat whole houfejhad binleft, by-reafon'of infancie, arhome from whomafterward {prang toenter league with them atthe worfthand. And yet the edge of Tarquinivshis fpleen, In proceffe of time, the Romans were al{o troubled with the Folfci,at the hill of Algis diim,two miles from-R ome; where Lucins Atinatins their Conful,withthis whole Army, lowes, with the like refolution to fiftaine a new charge. Porfena,although by: this Scenols (who hauing by errour laine Porfenne his Sectetary;in ftead ofthe King himfelfe, did in fcorne of torments threatned, burne offhis owne hand)he thought iivnot anywhit preiudicialljeitherto hisfafety,or credie, Was not quite abated, though Arixshis fonne; and Brats his enemy,in fingle combar, kad flaine each other: And here the Romans, although they loft Brarus, got thefield; 16 and theit Ladies,whofe Champion he was for their chaftity, not for beauty, mourned the loffe ofhim one whole'yeare. Into his place,for the refidue ofhis yeare,wasfubrogated Sp.Lucretins Tricipitinas; father to Lucretia vand in his roome (deceafing naturally Fabins Maxinzus, who vanquithed Hannibal, hadbeenedifcomfited;had not Z. Quintins Cincinatus chofemDictator, and taken from 16 theploughtothe higheft honourin Rome: , with fucceffé anfiwerable to his expedition difperfed hisenemies ;& freed his Counttiein the fpace of fixteen daies..In the continus Tarquive,vpon his overthrow;feeling'thé Fates difaftrous,thought ito boot tofttiue ance ofthis Volician warte it was,that w4ppiws Claudius, one ofitheten men, whom they hadtwo yeares'be fore chofenGouernours of theState, and ina@orsofso/ons lawesay mongftchem; procured from: Athens (abrogatiny inthe meané while the Confuls; & alk ther fuccourvnto the Tarquines,muftred yp his Latines, & gauebarcellrothe Romans, toare,tooke the Hill'Auentine, andiaftér much variance, enforced /the ten men, to'refigne vptheirauthoritieagaine,tonew Confuls. 4 before the yeare expired) Horatius Paluillus, f againftthe ftreame,' but fpent therefidue ofhis time;which was aboutfourteene ears, privately at Tufeulum.Y et his fonne-in-law: Atamsilias Tafcalanes,ftomachinga-frehat thofe old repulfes; becaufe Porfenna had made peace with the Romans, and denied fur- atthe Lake Regillum;where the confli@ was fierce,andthe iffue vacertaine,vntill Aulas , Pofthumes,the Roman Dictator,for they had created this Magiftracy greater than Confuls, purpofely forthis Warre,when firttit was expected) to exafperaté his Souldiers courage, threw their owne Enfignes amidft the Enemies and Coffwsor Sparins Cafsins (mafter ofthe Horfe-men,, an affiftant Officer to the Diétator) commanded to take of their bridles; thatthey mightrun with free violence, torecouer againetheir Enfignes, This fight was fo well perforined, that-a report went ofCaifor andPollux, two gods, who cameon'tnilke-white Steeds, to be eye-witneffes of their valour, and fellow-helpers oftheir vi@ory ; for the Generall confecratedia Templeto them,as a ftipend for their paines. After this the Romans fiercefpirits,hauing no obiect ofvalourabrod,te- fle&ed vponthemfelues at home ; andthefixteenth yeare after the Kings expulfion; 30 vponinftigation offomedelperate banckrouts;thinking themfelues wrongfillyopprel- other Magiftrates) would haue rauifhed Yirginia, the daughterofT: Virginias; Captaine of acompany,and lyinigthen in‘Camipe at Algidum. ‘Hereupon the people, :in an vp/Afterthisyicither new quatrels,orddfire to reuenge old loffes, drew the Romans into 4 do Hew war,againftche Vcientes}and theiradherents;vpon. whom havingtried their forces; with diuerfitie of Captaines, and varietie of euent, they vanquifhed the Falifci, and thé Fidenatesandiveterly fubdued the Veientés.. In conquering the Fali{ci, Faftws. Camilas thewed no leffe integritie than fortitude. For whena Schoolemafter, by trayning forth intothe Romhai campeymany childten ofthe principall Citizens, thought roiberray't he Towne; yeelding them albvp.as Hoftages : ‘Camillus delineredithis Traitot bound vara his Schollers, willing theniito whip himbackeinto.the Citie' ;, which forchwith yeelded vato him in reurerence of his iuftice, The fiege of Veij wasten yeers,and fo troublefomey thatthe Romans. werethereifirft enforced to winter abroad vnderbeaf ts skins (to which they were themiore eafily induced, becaufethenfixttthey recived pay)&toitiake vowes Jo Mcuerto return without vi@oric. Atlength winning the City. by a Mine, they gor fo large fpoiles,that they confecrated) fed by the Senate and Confuls, they. made an vproarein the holy Mount; vntill by Menenins Agrippa, his difcreet allufton, ofthe inconuenience in ‘the head and bellies difcord; to that ptefent occafion 3 they werereconciled tothe Senate : with condi- theirtenths to Apollo Pythins 2 & the whole people in general), were called td the ran fads peale in:cafes of variance » and make them: Solicitors in ‘all their.coutrouerfies, the Confuls fion of inequaliie in dividing the {poyles » yet he'requited their vnkindnefle with anew Pecceof feruice, againft the:tury of the'Gaules , who beinga populous Countrie, and with the Latines; concerning their boutids andlimirs,-and with ‘other neighbouring States:: Amongtt thefe, the Volfci and e#qai held' them longeft: who made Warte 4° of thémfelucs vponithe Romans: whereby they loftthe beft City totheir wholeiurildiétion;Corioli: i nthisconqueftyT Martins gotthefirname ofCorio/dnus:a name Honorablethen,as de tinued from a great victory;although, by reafon ofthe pouerty of the Towne,a Romaa Generall,in after times, would haue binafliamed ofthartitle. Buc yet thefegraces had Okmeanes, were enforced to.roaue abroad, {ecking fome place, whereto fet vptheir reft: and withal] being a Nation vafte in body, rude by nature, and barbarous in conditions; tion, that' they: might haue fome new Magiftrates created, to: whom they might apauthority notwithftanding.. This was enatted;and they were called the Tr! bunes ofthe people. After this atonement among themfelues, they had:continuall Wat bin‘no occafion ofdifparagement,had henot afterwards ina fed ro fell corne,which they procured from Si¢iljartqo high great time ofdearth,aduie a rate;to the people,wherupon, Decins: Atustheir Tribunejin their behalfe, accufed Him, & after iudgementbatithed:him.Coréolenus flying tothevo//eijwhom lately before he had vanqui ed,incenle them to renuetheirforces againe ; which being committed vnto himjandto Artivs Tw 50 éas,hepreuailed in field,fo far forth,that he was come within foure or fiue miles of the City.Incamping there, he made fo tharp war, and Wasiat fuch defiance withhis Cour tuy,that he would not relentby any-fitpplication of Embaffadors, vatill his Mother" turis,ScVolumniahis Wifeywith a pittifullrane of deprecation; fhewing themfelues bet. ter Subiects to their Country,than friendsto their Somand Husbarid;tvere moreauale able to Rome;than was any force ofArines. HereupomCoriolanas difthising HisAm™ys Wasafter putto deathamongthe vo/feias.a Traitor;for neglecting fuch oppornuniry*0 (as others furmife)lining with them vatill old age, hédied naturally: ¢ Net ‘ig ofthe Citie. Bur yetthey were no leffe vnthankfull to Camillws for his feruice, that betore they had beencto Coriolanus ; For they banithed him the Citie, vpon fomeocca Very healthfull, the fathers: (as fometimes now) lived fo long, that the fonnes, deftitute 40 Wandred as Rouers oucr many Countries. Some.of themlighting onItaly, fervpon luGum, a Town in Hetruria: whereof Reme hauing information, (aid being carefull Of her Confederate Townes), fent Embafladours, warning them to defift from fuch in« slilousenterprifes. But the barbarous people, not regarding the meflage, vpon fomeinlutte Offered by the Romane Embafladouts, conuerted their forces from Clufium to~ Wards Rome; and giuing a great ouerthrow vnto the Romans, by the Riuer Allia,vpon the fixteenth day hetore theCalends of Auguft(whichday was afcer brandedfor valucky, and called Allienfis inthe Romane Kalendar) they haftened rowards the Citie. Then was Ome the rue map of miferieanddefolation. Forfomeleauing the Citie ; fome crees $0 Pigginto holes ; Priefts hiding theirreliquessand euery onethifting for himfelte, ere the nemie came; Rome was abandoned, asindefenfible. The Veftall Virgins, in this tu- Mult, were fafely conueyed away ; the Ancients of the Citic, gathering boldnefle out of Petate fearesdid pur ontheir Robes,andtaking their leaue of the world, didfeat themfeluesin Thrones, in their feueral houfes, hourely expecting the meflengers of death, & Meaning to dye,as they had liued,in State. The yongerfort, with 4, Maw/ins their Cap- tite; tooke vpon them to make good the Capiroll, this, the Gaules wereentred.the Cisie, who feeing all quiet, atfirlt fufpected fome an 3 afterward finding all fecuré, they fell coche {poyle, committing allio the fire *diword. Astorthcold Senatours,they fate in their Maieftic,with a grauc - : liii auing |