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curulis_fw-la and_o return_v a_o kind_a oblige_a answer_n to_o the_o messenger_n marius_n stand_v by_o he_o and_o say_v nothing_o but_o give_v sufficient_a testimony_n by_o the_o sourness_n of_o his_o countenance_n and_o the_o sternness_n of_o his_o look_n that_o he_o will_v in_o a_o short_a time_n fill_v the_o city_n with_o massacre_n as_o soon_o as_o the_o council_n arise_v they_o go_v towards_o the_o city_n where_o cinna_n with_o a_o strong_a guard_n enter_v but_o marius_n stay_v at_o the_o gate_n and_o dissemble_v his_o rage_n say_v that_o he_o be_v then_o a_o exile_n and_o banish_v his_o country_n by_o course_n of_o law_n that_o if_o his_o presence_n be_v necessary_a they_o must_v by_o a_o new_a decree_n repeal_v the_o former_a act_n by_o which_o he_o be_v banish_v as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v a_o religious_a observer_n of_o the_o law_n and_o as_o if_o he_o
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very_a friend_n be_v not_o without_o dreadful_a apprehension_n and_o horror_n whensoever_o they_o come_v to_o attend_v he_o 73._o when_o they_o have_v now_o butcher_v a_o great_a number_n cinna_n grow_v more_o remiss_a and_o cloy_v with_o murder_n but_o marius_n rage_n be_v still_o fresh_a and_o unsatisfied_a and_o he_o daily_o fight_v for_o all_o that_o be_v any_o way_n suspect_v by_o he_o now_o be_v every_o street_n and_o every_o corner_n of_o the_o city_n fill_v with_o those_o that_o pursue_v and_o haunt_v they_o that_o flee_v and_o hide_v themselves_o and_o it_o be_v remarkable_a that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o confidence_n to_o be_v place_v as_o thing_n stand_v either_o in_o hospitality_n or_o friendship_n for_o there_o be_v find_v but_o a_o very_a few_o that_o do_v not_o betray_v those_o that_o flee_v to_o they_o for_o shelter_n wherefore_o the_o servant_n servant_n of_o cornutus_n deserve_v the_o great_a praise_n and_o admiration_n who_o have_v conceal_v their_o master_n in_o the_o house_n take_v a_o body_n of_o one_o of_o the_o slay_v cut_v off_o the_o head_n put_v a_o gold_n ring_n on_o the_o finger_n and_o show_v it_o to_o marius_n guard_n and_o bury_v it_o with_o the_o same_o solemnity_n as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v their_o own_o master_n this_o trick_n be_v perceive_v by_o no_o body_n but_o so_o cornutus_n escape_v and_o be_v convey_v by_o his_o domestic_n into_o gallia_n 74._o marcus_n antonius_n the_o orator_n though_o slay_v he_o too_o find_v a_o true_a friend_n have_v ill_a fortune_n the_o man_n be_v but_o poor_a and_o a_o plebeian_n who_o entertain_v a_o man_n of_o the_o great_a rank_n in_o rome_n and_o kind_o furnish_v he_o with_o what_o he_o have_v send_v his_o servant_n to_o get_v some_o wine_n of_o a_o neighbour_a vintner_n the_o servant_n careful_o taste_v it_o and_o bid_v he_o draw_v better_o the_o fellow_n ask_v he_o what_o be_v the_o matter_n that_o he_o do_v not_o buy_v new_a and_o ordinary_a wine_n as_o he_o use_v to_o do_v but_o rich_a and_o of_o a_o great_a price_n he_o without_o any_o design_n tell_v he_o as_o his_o croney_n and_o acquaintance_n that_o his_o master_n entertain_v marcus_n antonius_n who_o he_o conceal_v the_o villainous_a vintner_n as_o soon_o as_o the_o servant_n be_v go_v go_v himself_o to_o marius_n then_o at_o supper_n and_o be_v bring_v into_o his_o presence_n tell_v he_o he_o will_v deliver_v antonius_n into_o his_o hand_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o hear_v it_o it_o be_v say_v he_o give_v a_o great_a shout_n and_o clap_v his_o hand_n for_o joy_n and_o have_v very_o nigh_o rise_v up_o and_o go_v to_o the_o place_n himself_o but_o be_v detain_v by_o his_o friend_n he_o send_v annius_n and_o some_o soldier_n with_o he_o and_o command_v he_o to_o bring_v antonius_n head_n to_o he_o with_o all_o speed_n now_o when_o they_o come_v to_o the_o house_n annius_n stay_v at_o the_o door_n and_o the_o soldier_n go_v up_o stair_n into_o the_o chamber_n where_o see_v antonius_n they_o endeavour_v to_o shuffle_v off_o the_o murder_n from_o one_o to_o another_o for_o so_o great_a it_o seem_v be_v the_o grace_n and_o charm_n of_o his_o oratory_n that_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o begin_v to_o speak_v and_o beg_v his_o life_n none_o of_o they_o dare_v touch_v or_o so_o much_o as_o look_v upon_o he_o but_o hang_v down_o their_o head_n every_o one_o fall_v a_o weep_n when_o their_o stay_n seem_v something_o tedious_a annius_n follow_v after_o see_v antonius_n discourse_v and_o the_o soldier_n astonish_v and_o quite_o soften_v by_o it_o for_o which_o he_o check_v they_o severe_o and_o go_v himself_o and_o cut_v off_o his_o head_n 75._o catulus_n lutatius_n who_o be_v colleague_n himself_o with_o marius_n and_o his_o partner_n in_o the_o triumph_n over_o the_o cimbri_n when_o marius_n have_v tell_v those_o that_o intercede_v for_o he_o and_o beg_v his_o life_n that_o he_o must_v die_v shut_v himself_o up_o in_o a_o room_n and_o make_v a_o great_a fire_n smother_v himself_o when_o maim_v and_o headless_a carcase_n be_v now_o frequent_o throw_v about_z and_o trample_v upon_o in_o the_o street_n people_n be_v not_o so_o much_o move_v with_o compassion_n at_o the_o sight_n as_o strike_v into_o a_o kind_n of_o horror_n and_o consternation_n bardiaei_n the_o outrage_n of_o those_o that_o be_v call_v bardiaei_n be_v the_o great_a grievance_n imaginable_a for_o they_o murder_v those_o that_o have_v be_v their_o master_n in_o their_o own_o house_n abuse_v their_o child_n and_o ravish_v their_o wife_n and_o be_v uncontrollable_a in_o their_o rapine_n and_o murder_n till_o those_o of_o cinna_n and_o sertorius_n party_n take_v counsel_n together_o fall_v upon_o they_o in_o the_o camp_n and_o kill_v they_o every_o man_n 76._o in_o the_o interim_n as_o by_o a_o certain_a turn_n of_o fortune_n there_o come_v news_n from_o all_o part_n that_o sylla_n have_v put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o war_n with_o mithridates_n and_o take_v possession_n of_o the_o province_n be_v return_v into_o italy_n with_o a_o great_a army_n this_o give_v some_o small_a respite_n and_o intermission_n to_o these_o unspeakable_a calamity_n when_o they_o think_v that_o a_o war_n threaten_v they_o whereupon_o marius_n consulship_n be_v choose_v consul_n the_o seven_o time_n and_o appear_v on_o the_o very_a calends_o of_o january_n the_o beginning_n of_o the_o year_n he_o throw_v one_o sextus_n lucinus_n from_o the_o tarpejan_n precipice_n which_o be_v no_o small_a omen_n of_o approach_a misery_n both_o to_o their_o party_n and_o the_o city_n marius_n himself_o now_o wear_v out_o with_o labour_n and_o sink_v under_o the_o burden_n of_o his_o care_n can_v not_o bear_v up_o his_o spirit_n flag_a with_o the_o apprehension_n of_o a_o new_a war_n and_o fresh_a encounter_n and_o danger_n which_o he_o have_v by_o his_o own_o experience_n find_v former_o very_o troublesome_a he_o consider_v too_o that_o he_o be_v not_o now_o to_o hazard_v the_o war_n with_o octavius_n or_o merula_n command_v the_o unexperienced_a multitude_n or_o seditious_a rabble_n but_o that_o sylla_n himself_o be_v approach_v the_o same_o who_o have_v former_o banish_v he_o and_o since_o that_o drive_a mithridates_n as_o far_o as_o the_o euxine_a sea_n 77._o perplex_a with_o such_o thought_n as_o death_n these_o and_o call_v to_o mind_v his_o banishment_n the_o tedious_a wander_n and_o danger_n he_o undergo_v both_o by_o sea_n and_o land_n he_o fall_v into_o great_a trouble_n nocturnal_a fright_v and_o unquiet_a sleep_n still_o fancy_v that_o he_o hear_v some_o tell_v he_o that_o the_o den_n though_o of_o a_o absent_a lion_n be_v dreadful_a above_o all_o thing_n fear_v to_o lie_v awake_a he_o give_v himself_o over_o to_o drink_v and_o sot_v at_o night_n very_o unagreeable_a to_o his_o age_n by_o all_o mean_n provoke_v sleep_n as_o a_o diversion_n to_o his_o thought_n at_o length_n there_o come_v a_o express_a messenger_n from_o the_o sea_n give_v he_o such_o a_o account_n of_o affair_n as_o overcharge_v he_o with_o fresh_a care_n and_o fright_v so_o that_o what_o with_o his_o fear_n for_o the_o future_a and_o what_o with_o the_o weight_n and_o tediousness_n of_o the_o present_a have_v some_o small_a disposition_n to_o it_o he_o fall_v into_o a_o pleurisy_n as_o possidonius_fw-la the_o philosopher_n relate_v who_o say_v he_o go_v to_o and_o discourse_v with_o he_o when_o he_o be_v sick_a about_o some_o business_n relate_v to_o his_o embassy_n one_o cajus_n piso_n a_o historian_n tell_v we_o that_o marius_n walk_v after_o supper_n with_o his_o friend_n when_o they_o fall_v into_o a_o discourse_n about_o he_o concern_v and_o reckon_v up_o the_o several_a change_n of_o his_o condition_n that_o from_o the_o beginning_n have_v happen_v to_o he_o he_o say_v that_o it_o do_v not_o become_v a_o prudent_a man_n to_o trust_v himself_o any_o long_o
with_o fortune_n and_o thereupon_o take_v leave_n of_o those_o that_o be_v with_o he_o he_o keep_v his_o bed_n seven_o day_n and_o then_o die_v 78._o some_o say_v he_o very_o much_o betray_v his_o ambition_n even_o in_o his_o sickness_n and_o fall_v into_o a_o extravagant_a frenzy_n fancy_v himself_o to_o be_v general_n in_o the_o war_n against_o mithridates_n act_v such_o posture_n and_o motion_n of_o his_o body_n as_o he_o use_v when_o he_o be_v in_o the_o battle_n with_o frequent_a shout_n and_o loud_a acclamation_n with_o so_o strong_a and_o invincible_a a_o desire_n of_o be_v employ_v in_o that_o business_n as_o he_o possess_v through_o his_o pride_n and_o emulation_n he_o though_o he_o have_v now_o live_v threescore_o and_o ten_o year_n and_o be_v the_o first_o man_n that_o ever_o be_v choose_v seven_o time_n consul_n possess_v of_o such_o a_o palace_n and_o so_o great_a riches_n as_o be_v sufficient_a for_o many_o king_n yet_o complain_v of_o his_o ill_a fortune_n that_o he_o 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young_a and_o vigorous_a so_o much_o cruelty_n and_o salvageness_n do_v his_o son_n marius_n show_v in_o murder_v the_o marius_n nobility_n at_o the_o first_o be_v esteem_v resolute_a and_o dare_a towards_o his_o enemy_n he_o be_v name_v the_o son_n of_o mars_n but_o afterward_o his_o action_n betray_v his_o contrary_a disposition_n he_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o venus_n at_o last_o he_o be_v besiege_v by_o sylla_n in_o praeneste_n where_o he_o endeavour_v by_o all_o mean_n to_o save_v his_o life_n but_o in_o vain_a for_o when_o the_o city_n be_v take_v there_o be_v no_o way_n of_o escape_n he_o slay_v himself_o the_o life_n of_o lysander_n by_o the_o honourable_a charles_n boil_v of_o christ-church_n volume_n iii_o lysander_n it_o be_v general_o agree_v that_o aristoclitus_n lysander_n father_n though_o he_o be_v not_o immediate_o â—â—â—â—…ded_v from_o royal_a ancestor_n be_v however_o some_o way_n relate_v to_o the_o family_n of_o the_o heraclidae_fw-la lysander_n himself_o be_v 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