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the_o chief_a person_n among_o the_o gabij_n be_v to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n yet_o out_o of_o the_o spoil_n of_o the_o reduce_v city_n he_o build_v a_o temple_n which_o come_v to_o be_v consecrate_v all_o the_o other_o god_n comply_v a_o thing_n hardly_o credible_a only_a juventas_n and_o terminus_n oppose_v it_o the_o obstinacy_n of_o the_o deity_n please_v the_o augur_n as_o promise_v all_o thing_n shall_v be_v firm_a and_o eternal_a but_o what_o be_v dreadful_a be_v that_o at_o the_o foundation_n of_o the_o structure_n a_o man_n head_n be_v find_v and_o it_o be_v the_o general_a persuasion_n that_o the_o most_o favourable_a prodigy_n portend_v that_o rome_n shall_v be_v the_o seat_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o supreme_a head_n of_o the_o world_n so_o long_o do_v the_o roman_n endure_v the_o king_n pride_n while_o lust_n be_v keep_v out_o that_o insolency_n they_o think_v intolerable_a in_o his_o son_n one_o of_o who_o have_v ravish_v lucretia_n a_o most_o accomplish_a lady_n the_o matron_n to_o avoid_v the_o infamy_n kill_v herself_o whereupon_o the_o king_n be_v deprive_v of_o their_o power_n chap._n viii_o a_o short_a account_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o the_o seven_o king_n and_o a_o rehearsal_n of_o what_o be_v most_o remarkable_o do_v by_o they_o in_o order_n to_o the_o advancement_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n this_o be_v the_o first_o age_n and_o as_o it_o be_v infancy_n of_o the_o roman_a people_n while_o they_o live_v under_o seven_o king_n person_n through_o a_o certain_a design_n of_o the_o fate_n so_o different_a in_o their_o inclination_n as_o be_v requisite_a for_o the_o convenience_n and_o advantage_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n for_o what_o more_o dare_a than_o romulus_n such_o a_o person_n be_v necessary_a for_o the_o usurpation_n of_o a_o kingdom_n what_o more_o religious_a than_o numa_n such_o a_o one_o affair_n require_v that_o a_o uncivilise_v people_n may_v be_v soften_v by_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o go_n what_o a_o person_n be_v that_o author_n 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