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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 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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 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