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Show oc 278 The FATE 0/CAPUA. rive uo vour Faith entire to what I do; £ v bv vourVends, and Factions m the Senate; Submitting all to m y Direaion Omn. Difpofe of a11' fo y 0 U dellver US# fa S C E N E, The Otttfide of the Palace. [ Monti A Enter Pacuvius with Guards. Virginius heading tht Tac. Shut up the Gates; none to pafs in or out, But by m y Orders: If a Senator Efcapes your Guard, you anfwer with your Lives T o our great Lords the People. i Cit. W h y , here's a Lord indeed. Vir. He does not think himfelf too great T o be the Peoples Friend. . . . , iCit. N o , no, Lord Tacuvius has been always., Friend: And w e will be his upon Occafion; for he Hi find himfelf, within this half Hour, the only ScntDit hanc'd in Capua. Tac. M y Country-men, m y Fellow-Citizens! ' Tis in your Power n o w to revenge your felves O n this detefted Senate, juftly fal'n Under your Sentence; odious grown to all, W h o love the People, or the Common-Wealth. I offer you a full and fafe Revenge, A free Revenge, nothing to Interrupt, But you may do your W o r k with decency: N o Tumult for one Senator to fcape in. Without the danger of invading 'em In their particular Houfes, which wou'd be Defended by their Friends, Clients, and Slaves, I have 'em here, defencelefs and alone, Imprifond in the Palace; fay the word, W M t fhall be done with 'em ? , i Cit. C o m e , come, open the Gates, we'll quicklyi- ^C/r.Ty, ay, we are Men of Expedition, and fo tW (hall find us! to their Coft: Every Man take his Sfltt ^ F A T E ^ C A P U A * X7Q • JC'U hang e m upon the Battlements of tK. P I r ftioking Example to all Common-Wealth. *Ce' for a I Cit. Hold you, hold you, I don't S T L • agreat deal to be done in\ h ^ d t m V ^ c t f o n 2 ' ' W > \ Cit. Look you, m y Maftcrs, I am CTZn Man <•„ fcc to, as a body may fay, but I can f l k 1 M' 5 Without being askt, as foon as thofe that Ire w £ £ Look you, Time is precious, and w c have a great deal 7n aZ U i t ; make as (hort W o r k as you canfl advife cv>n cut their Throats, and there's an end on't * ry Day with us, you know, w h y then let's make a Holy-day ot it indeed; fet the Palace a Fire about the Senator's Ears, and there's a Bonfire to our Holy-day. Om. Agreed, agreed, a Bonfire, a Bonfire. Pac. It was the very Thing I was thinking of i Cit. W h y very well. TAC. Nay, it is excellent, to have the old Drones fmother'd in their Hives. Om. N o more to be faid, Boys; about it inftantly, m y i Cit. We are all in a Mind once in our Lives. Om. Fire the Palace, d o w n with it, Fire the Palace. VAC. And yet what has this noble Building done? A publick Ornament, a reverend Pile, That has ftood Ages but if you pleafe to think It has ftood long enough, why, d o w n with it; Who fhall find fault? It is the Common-wealth's, The People's, and you may difpofe your own. i Cit. How's that? The Palace Ours! Let's hear him a little upon that Subjecl. Vac. The Senators! blow them up in a Blaze: You will mifs nothing of them but their Beards: Or if you mould, they cheaply are fupply'd. But if the Senate Houfe be laid in Allies, Who (hall repair the Ruin ? ft* At a Time When Capua ftands the Rival of great Rome, |