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A43895 The history of Catiline's conspiracy faithfully related out of the classical authors : with some general observations for assisting the interests of peace and virtue.; Bellum Catilinae. English Sallust, 86-34 B.C.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Orationes in Catilinam. 1683 (1683) Wing H2116; ESTC R35439 119,435 210

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tool_n of_o he_o have_v also_o publius_n lentulus_n the_o praetor_n his_o fast_a friend_n have_v be_v turn_v out_o of_o the_o senate_n after_o he_o have_v bear_v the_o consular_a office_n and_o be_v now_o get_v to_o be_v praetor_n in_o hope_n of_o be_v restore_v again_o 868._o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutar._n cicer._n pag._n 868._o as_o be_v the_o custom_n for_o those_o who_o design_v to_o be_v reelected_n into_o that_o honourable_a assembly_n to_o countermine_n all_o these_o intrigue_n the_o vigilant_a cicero_n keep_v continual_a correspondence_n with_o the_o lady_n fulvia_n and_o by_o many_o rich_a present_v engage_v she_o to_o reveal_v to_o he_o all_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o conspiracy_n some_o have_v suspect_v that_o the_o consul_n do_v condescend_v to_o the_o familiarity_n of_o her_o vice_n but_o as_o to_o that_o neither_o plutarch_n the_o excellent_a and_o impartial_a writer_n of_o his_o life_n nor_o any_o other_o of_o our_o author_n mention_v the_o least_o suspicion_n of_o it_o other_o may_v admire_v that_o quintus_fw-la curius_n give_v she_o such_o constant_a and_o speedy_a intelligence_n 3._o intelligence_n cicer._n orat._n in_o cat._n prima_fw-la cap._n 2_o 3._o so_o public_o brag_v of_o by_o cicero_n be_v not_o suspect_v to_o betray_v they_o but_o then_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o they_o have_v all_o of_o they_o their_o fulvia_n and_o that_o their_o vicious_a intercourse_n give_v every_o one_o of_o they_o the_o same_o private_a opportunity_n of_o discovery_n they_o can_v not_o well_o trace_v
the_o river_n aesis_n at_o first_o afterward_o by_o the_o river_n rubicon_n both_o run_v into_o the_o adriatic_a sea_n 29._o sea_n dii_fw-la faxint_fw-la ut_fw-la meus_fw-la collega_n vir_fw-la fortissimus_fw-la hoc_fw-la catilinae_fw-la nefarium_fw-la latrocinium_fw-la armatus_fw-la opprimat_fw-la ego_fw-la togatus_fw-la vobis_fw-la bonisque_fw-la omnibus_fw-la adjutoribus_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la conceptum_fw-la respubl_n periculum_fw-la parturit_fw-la concilio_fw-la discutiam_fw-la &_o comprimam_fw-la cicer._n orat._n pro_fw-la muraen_n cap._n 29._o at_o this_o time_n whilst_o catiline_n be_v in_o arm_n and_o c._n antonius_n lead_v the_o consular_a force_n against_o he_o a_o unhappy_a controversy_n fall_v out_o which_o may_v have_v prove_v of_o very_o ill_a consequence_n to_o the_o commonwealth_n it_o be_v of_o public_a concern_v and_o contest_v between_o the_o most_o sincere_a patriot_n who_o disagreement_n must_v needs_o be_v extreme_o dangerous_a since_o the_o safety_n of_o all_o depend_v upon_o their_o unanimity_n muraena_fw-la unanimity_n vid._n cicer._n orationem_fw-la pro_fw-la muraena_fw-la servius_n sulpitius_n late_a competitor_n for_o the_o consulship_n accuse_v l._n licinius_n muraena_fw-la consul_n elect_a of_o bribery_n in_o his_o canvas_n for_o that_o high_a dignity_n 3._o dignity_n quod_fw-la ad_fw-la catonem_fw-la pertinet_fw-la summam_fw-la illi_fw-la faelicitatem_fw-la contigisse_fw-la consensus_fw-la hominum_fw-la fatebitur_fw-la quem_fw-la sibi_fw-la rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la delegit_fw-la cum_fw-la quo_fw-la metuenda_fw-la collideret_fw-la seneca_n lib._n de_fw-fr provide_v cap._n 3._o m._n porcius_n cato_n the_o oracle_n of_o rome_n and_o elect_v by_o nature_n as_o the_o most_o eminent_a instance_n of_o invincible_a virtue_n become_v also_o one_o of_o his_o accuser_n 39_o accuser_n si_fw-mi l._n catilina_n cum_fw-la svo_fw-la consilio_fw-la nefariorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la quos_fw-la secum_fw-la eduxit_fw-la hac_fw-la de_fw-la re_fw-la possit_fw-la judicare_fw-la condemnaret_fw-la l._n muraenam_fw-la si_fw-la interficere_fw-la possit_fw-la occideret_fw-la cicer._n orat._n pro_fw-la mur._n cap._n 39_o for_o though_o this_o be_v much_o to_o the_o advantage_n of_o catiline_n who_o will_v glad_o have_v it_o be_v in_o his_o power_n not_o only_o have_v put_v by_o muraena_fw-la but_o cut_v his_o throat_n yet_o 769._o yet_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarchi_n cato_n minor_fw-la pag._n 769._o that_o inflexible_a stoic_a have_v swear_v to_o accuse_v any_o person_n whatsoever_o who_o shall_v give_v money_n to_o carry_v the_o election_n do_v with_o great_a fierceness_n prosecute_v the_o cause_n the_o eloquent_a hortensius_n the_o powerful_a crassus_n and_o the_o learned_a cicero_n defend_v he_o 2._o he_o quis_fw-la mihi_fw-la in_o republica_fw-la potest_fw-la aut_fw-la debet_fw-la esse_fw-la conjunctior_fw-la quàm_fw-la be_v cvi_fw-la respub_fw-la à_fw-it i_o unà_fw-la traditur_fw-la sustinenda_fw-la magnis_fw-la meis_fw-la laboribus_fw-la &_o periculis_fw-la sustentata_fw-la cicer._n pro_fw-la mur._n cap._n 2._o the_o consul_n profess_v it_o his_o great_a duty_n and_o concern_v to_o put_v the_o commonwealth_n so_o happy_o preserve_v by_o he_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o muraena_fw-la 38._o muraena_fw-la nec_fw-la minus_fw-la vellent_fw-la cato_n te_fw-la quoque_fw-la aliqua_fw-la ratione_fw-la si_fw-la possent_fw-la tollere_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la consulari_fw-la authoritate_fw-la &_o auxilio_fw-la spoliatum_fw-la vim_o tribunitiam_fw-la viderint_fw-la tum_fw-la se_fw-la facilius_fw-la inermem_fw-la &_o debilitatum_fw-la te_fw-la oppressuros_fw-la arbitrantur_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 38._o cato_n tribune_n elect_a for_o the_o ensue_a year_n be_v bid_v to_o consider_v the_o storm_n that_o will_v come_v upon_o he_o who_o be_v raise_v up_o by_o good_a man_n to_o stop_v the_o fury_n of_o his_o pernicious_a colleague_n that_o his_o enemy_n do_v by_o all_o mean_n endeavour_v to_o destroy_v he_o and_o when_o his_o tribunitian_a power_n be_v bereave_v of_o the_o consular_a assistance_n they_o will_v easy_o suppress_v he_o as_o he_o shall_v then_o be_v weak_a and_o desolate_a 39_o desolate_a invidiam_fw-la verò_fw-la his_fw-la temporibus_fw-la habere_fw-la consulatus_fw-la ipse_fw-la nullam_fw-la potest_fw-la objicitur_fw-la enim_fw-la concionibus_fw-la seditiosorum_fw-la insidiit_fw-la conjuratorum_fw-la telis_fw-la catilinae_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la denique_fw-la periculum_fw-la atque_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la invidiam_fw-la solus_fw-la opponitur_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 39_o that_o in_o these_o time_n no_o man_n need_v envy_n muraena_fw-la the_o consulship_n it_o will_v expose_v he_o to_o the_o slanderous_a raillery_n of_o the_o seditious_a to_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o conspirator_n to_o the_o dart_n of_o catiline_n he_o must_v be_v the_o principal_a person_n on_o who_o all_o the_o hatred_n and_o danger_n be_v like_a to_o fall_v this_o with_o a_o great_a deal_n more_o that_o have_v be_v say_v to_o the_o advantage_n of_o his_o reputation_n prevail_v upon_o the_o judge_n and_o the_o old_a election_n be_v confirm_v now_o the_o conspirator_n come_v to_o lay_v their_o last_o design_n in_o which_o the_o entire_a treason_n may_v be_v consummate_v 869._o consummate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plut._n cicer._n pag._n 869._o the_o principal_a of_o they_o leave_v at_o rome_n be_v cornelius_n lentulus_n who_o discontent_a and_o aspire_a genius_n be_v mighty_o raise_v by_o the_o fortune-teller_n of_o those_o time_n sing_v many_o poetic_a prophecy_n and_o oracle_n which_o they_o pretend_v to_o have_v out_o of_o the_o sibyllin_n record_n that_o three_o cornelius_n shall_v be_v monarch_n of_o rome_n which_o have_v be_v already_o accomplish_v in_o two_o cinna_z and_o sylla_n that_o now_o the_o fate_n be_v offer_v to_o he_o the_o third_z cornelius_z the_o supreme_a power_n he_o ought_v not_o to_o neglect_v the_o acceptance_n and_o spoil_v the_o opportunity_n by_o delay_n 47._o delay_n praeterea_fw-la ab_fw-la incenso_fw-la capitolio_fw-la illum_fw-la esse_fw-la vigesimum_fw-la annum_fw-la quem_fw-la saepe_fw-la ex_fw-la prodigiis_fw-la haruspice_n respondissent_fw-la bello_fw-la civili_fw-la cruentum_fw-la fore_fw-la sall._n bell._n cat._n cap._n 47._o beside_o the_o vinat_fw-la the_o veteri_fw-la lege_fw-la sancitum_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la priusquam_fw-la augurandi_fw-la scientia_fw-la romanis_n innotuisset_fw-la haec_fw-la ad_fw-la etruscot_n deferentur_fw-la verba_fw-la legis_fw-la sunt_fw-la prodigia_fw-la et_fw-la portenta_fw-la ad._n hetruscos_n haruspice_n si_fw-it senatus_n jusserit_fw-la deferunto_fw-la hetruriaeque_fw-la principes_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la discunto_fw-la quibus_fw-la divis_n decreverint_fw-la procuranto_fw-la jisdem_fw-la fulgura_fw-la et_fw-la ostenta_fw-la pianta_n auspicia_fw-la servanto_fw-la auguri_fw-la parento_n exit_fw-la hac_fw-la lege_fw-la decreto_fw-la senatûs_fw-la sex_n optimatum_fw-la filios_fw-la hetruscis_fw-la in_o disciplinam_fw-la tradi_fw-la solitos_fw-la ut_fw-la augurandi_fw-la artem_fw-la addiscerent_fw-la proditum_fw-la est_fw-la qua_fw-la quidem_fw-la arte_fw-la faesulae_n claruerunt_fw-la ubi_fw-la &_o domicilium_fw-la &_o collegium_fw-la augurum_fw-la fuit_fw-la peucer_n de_fw-fr di_fw-it vinat_fw-la hetrurian_a prophet_n to_o who_o the_o ancient_a law_n of_o rome_n commit_v the_o authority_n of_o divination_n and_o who_o principal_a college_n be_v at_o faesulae_n often_o foretell_v that_o this_o twenty_o year_n from_o the_o burn_a of_o the_o capitol_n 72._o capitol_n capitolium_fw-la interjecto_fw-la ccccxu._n annorum_fw-la spacio_fw-la l._n scipione_n c._n norbano_n coss_n flagraverat_fw-la curam_fw-la vict._n silvius_n suscepit_fw-la neque_fw-la tamen_fw-la dedicavit_fw-la hoc_fw-la solum_fw-la faelicitati_fw-la ejus_fw-la negatum_fw-la lutalis_fw-la catuli_fw-la nomen_fw-la inter_fw-la tanta_fw-la caesarum_fw-la opera_fw-la usque_fw-la ad_fw-la vitellium_fw-la mansit_fw-la cor._n tacit._n hist_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 72._o which_o be_v in_o the_o consulship_n of_o scipio_n and_o norbanus_n but_o again_o rebuilt_a by_o sylla_n and_o dedicate_v in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o noble_a lutatius_n catulus_n shall_v be_v very_o bloody_a by_o a_o civil_a war._n 4._o war._n cicer._n orat._n in_o cat._n 3._o cap._n 4._o this_o be_v also_o the_o ten_o year_n since_o the_o vestal_a virgin_n be_v acquit_v from_o that_o accusation_n which_o catiline_n and_o his_o acquaintance_n too_o much_o frequent_v their_o company_n have_v draw_v they_o into_o among_o which_o be_v fabia_n sister_n to_o terentia_n the_o wife_n of_o cicero_n who_o therefore_o tell_v catiline_n in_o that_o oration_n he_o make_v against_o he_o when_o he_o be_v candidate_n you_o have_v live_v after_o such_o a_o manner_n that_o there_o be_v no_o place_n so_o holy_a but_o your_o very_a access_n to_o it_o though_o there_o be_v nothing_o but_o innocence_n confer_v a_o crime_n 869._o crime_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plut._n cicer._n pag._n 869._o these_o prophetic_a encouragement_n drive_v lentulus_n to_o such_o resolution_n that_o no_o small_a ordinary_a villainy_n will_v serve_v his_o turn_n nothing_o less_o than_o murder_v the_o whole_a senate_n and_o as_o many_o more_o citizen_n as_o he_o be_v able_a nothing_o less_o than_o burn_a down_o the_o city_n itself_o thus_o superstition_n service_n invent_v and_o manage_v by_o the_o devil_n be_v general_o make_v use_n of_o to_o promote_v the_o most_o horrid_a villainy_n and_o to_o sublimate_v humane_a corruption_n into_o the_o destructive_a fineness_n of_o his_o own_o spiritual_a wickedness_n if_o at_o any_o time_n it_o be_v accommodate_v by_o politician_n to_o the_o use_n of_o
ancestor_n who_o by_o decree_a what_o become_v themselves_o more_o than_o what_o their_o enemy_n deserve_v reduce_v they_o into_o a_o well_o compose_v and_o last_a obedience_n in_o that_o macedonian_a war_n which_o we_o wage_v with_o king_n perses_n the_o great_a and_o rich_a city_n of_o rhodes_n grow_v so_o by_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o roman_a people_n become_v perfidious_a and_o adverse_a to_o our_o interest_n yet_o when_o the_o war_n be_v conclude_v and_o a_o consultation_n hold_v what_o shall_v be_v do_v with_o those_o rhodian_o our_o ancestor_n dismiss_v they_o unpunished_a that_o none_o may_v afterward_o say_v the_o war_n be_v begin_v rather_o to_o enrich_v ourselves_o then_o to_o repel_v injury_n in_o all_o the_o punic_a war_n the_o carthaginian_n will_v often_o in_o time_n of_o truce_n and_o cessation_n of_o arm_n practice_n the_o base_a villainy_n against_o we_o but_o we_o never_o take_v the_o opportunite_v of_o like_a requital_n we_o ever_o more_o tender_o regard_v the_o 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