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we_o shall_v show_v particular_o when_o we_o speak_v of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o decem-viri_a chap._n xxxvi_o citizens_z who_o have_v execute_v the_o great_a office_n ought_v not_o afterward_o to_o disdain_v or_o scruple_n the_o less_o marcus_n fabius_n and_o cais_fw-fr manlius_n be_v consul_n the_o roman_n obtain_v a_o glorious_a victory_n over_o the_o veientes_n and_o the_o etrusci_n in_o which_o be_v slay_v quintus_fw-la fabius_n brother_n to_o the_o consul_n who_o be_v choose_v the_o year_n before_o from_o whence_o occasion_n be_v offer_v of_o admire_v the_o excellence_n of_o the_o roman_a constitution_n and_o observe_v how_o well_o it_o be_v accommodate_v for_o the_o enlargement_n of_o their_o empire_n from_o who_o model_n the_o more_o the_o commonwealth_n of_o our_o day_n do_v recede_v the_o more_o do_v they_o wander_v and_o deviate_v from_o the_o best_a for_o though_o the_o roman_n affect_a glory_n and_o command_v as_o much_o as_o other_o people_n they_o do_v not_o 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but_o not_o be_v so_o well_o affect_v towards_o the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o they_o will_v not_o put_v it_o forth_o nor_o give_v such_o testimony_n as_o former_o but_o when_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o decemvirate_a extinguish_v and_o their_o liberty_n be_v recover_v have_v then_o the_o same_o tenderness_n and_o affection_n to_o their_o country_n they_o fight_v as_o well_o as_o before_o and_o their_o erterprise_n have_v the_o same_o happy_a success_n chap._n xliv_o a_o multitude_n without_o a_o head_n be_v altogether_o unserviceable_a nor_o be_v any_o man_n to_o threaten_v that_o have_v any_o thing_n to_o desire_v upon_o the_o accident_n of_o virginius_n the_o people_n have_v take_v arm_n and_o retire_v to_o the_o holy-mount_n the_o senate_n send_v to_o they_o to_o know_v upon_o what_o account_n they_o have_v abandon_v their_o officer_n and_o betake_v themselves_o to_o that_o mount_n and_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o senate_n be_v so_o venerable_a among_o the_o people_n that_o 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