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Show i7x The FATE <?/CAFUA. 7m. So that * not enough to aid Jem now.- ,f you do any thing you «uft «folv^ T^^an^ worthier Caufc? Is there a worthier, than a foe al W a r ? Our Anceftors compeltd within thefe Walls. N o longer able to defend the City. The Samnites, Cidicmes, inverting us Sinking in Ruin, w h o upheld us then? W h o , hut the Remans, could have fav'd us then? They took us trembling to Protection: Suftain'd a W a r for near a hundred Years, With Fortune often varying the Event. Dreadful to ltd), againft the Sammies Which they begun, and carry d on for us And is there nothing to be done for them ? 4 Sen. W h y , that is true; if w e could do it, Without an Injury to our felves. Ate Have w e not always been affiancd Friends? Our Laws, our Cuftoms, Conftitutions Almoft akin, and, as our Marriages, Mingled, and w o v e into our mutual Weal? The Citizens of Rome, and Capua, Enjoying c o m m o n Rights of Burghefie Ipeak uf indeed one People in t w o States. So that whatever Milch.efs fall on them Betide us too; and w e muft ftand obl.gd, Bv all the Bonds of honeft Interelt, T o fave a Country, equal to us both. Vsen That I don't fo well underftand nathet. a t e This is no Samnite, no Hrtmrimi War; wfereif one lofe a Neighbour State muft win. And tho' the Empire fhould be torn from ft* It ftill remains with us in Italy. W e lha« not find it fo with Foreigners: T h e Carthaginians are thefeforeigners. T h e Cartbaginims are our Enemies • tat. Hold, have a c a r e - - Max A will, to fpeak the truth; Aod lay again they ate our EnemKs: SB, The FATEV CAPUA. Rivals of Empire, in this fecond War- And therefore to be thought thc c o m m o n Foes Of Rome, of Capua, and of Italy. 4&». Urg'd hom^, and boldly Mag. O ! let us pay the Debt of Glory n o w! Tho' Rome be drooping, w c may raife her Head Our Forces are unbroken, freih, entire: Full thirty thoufand Foot, four thoufand Horfe Upon our Mufters in Campania: Mony, Munitions, and Provifions, With the proud Train and Equipage of War, Martial'd, and ready harnefs'd for the Field, All high of Heart, and full of able Proof. If then our Friendftiip, and Fidelity, Anfwer the firmnefs of our Strength and Power, Hannibal will not perceive his Victory 5 No, nor the Romans feel their fore defeat. Enter a Mejfenger. 3 Sen. Here comes another IvleUenger. 4&». The News? Mejf. If I had Breath, it is not to be told. The madding Rabble have at laft polTeft Thefober part} the peaceful Citizens, Infected by their Fury, are in Armsj And Capua n o w is but one Multitude. Vac. There no time for Foreign Argument Of Right and Juft; of future Good or 111: Since what w e have to fear, is prefent now, Imminent, and breaking on our Heads at home. Inter Marius Blofius. Make way good Marius Blofius take your Seat: we know you've done the beft you can for us: When you're collected, ycu will tell us all. Bio. Diforders, Tumuks, snd Ccnfuftons, aging with Horror up and d o w n our Streets, Had km themfelves in Oppofition Of their contending Parties, there w e hop'd ftl\fPT~ ouId h a v e ^ : But n o w they join,. Rabble and Cmiens, in horrid League, ' %7S [Shouts again. |