The Roman histories of Lucius Iulius Florus from the foundation of Rome, till Cæsar Augustus, for aboue DCC. yeares, & from thence to Traian near CC. yeares, divided by Flor[us] into IV. ages. Translated into English.
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The Roman histories of Lucius Iulius Florus from the foundation of Rome, till Cæsar Augustus, for aboue DCC. yeares, & from thence to Traian near CC. yeares, divided by Flor[us] into IV. ages. Translated into English.
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Florus, Lucius Annaeus.
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London :: By Wil· Stansby,
[1619]
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Rome -- History -- Early works to 1800.
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CHAP. XXVI.
The cities fourth dis∣cord.
THe desire of honour
in the commoners,* 1.1
who aspired to be
also created magistrates,
mooued the fourth great
stirre. Fabius Ambustus
had two daughters, one of
which hee bestowed in
marriage vpon Sulpitius,
a gentleman of Patritian
bloud, the other vpon Sto∣lo,
a Plebcian. He, because
his wife was frighted at the
sound of the serieants rod
on his doore, which was ne∣uer
heard there, till then,
and for that respect was
descriptionPage 105
proudly enough scoffed-at
by her other sister, brooked
not the indignitie. There∣fore
hauing gotten to bee
Tribune, he wrested from
the Senate, whether they
would, or no, the partici∣pation
of honors, and high
offices. Neuerthelesse, in
the very hottest of these
distempers, a man shall see
cause to admire the gene∣rous
spirit of this princely
people. For so much as
one while they busied
themselues in the rescue of
freedome, another while
of chastitie, then stood for
dignitie of birth, and for
the ensignes, & ornaments
of honour. But of all these
worthie things, there was
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not any one ouer which
they held so wakefull an
eye, as ouer libertie; nor
could they bee corrupted
by any gifts, or good turnes,
as a value for betraying it.
For when in a mightie
people, and growing migh∣tier
daily, there were in the
meane space many perni∣cious
members, of them
they punished Spurius
Cassius, suspected of affect∣ing
souereigntie, because
hee had published the
Agrarian law, & Maelius,
for that hee gaue lauishly,
both of them with present
death. Indeed, his owne
father tooke reuenge vp∣on
Spurius, but Seruilius
Ahala, master of the Ro∣man
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horsemen, or caualle∣rie,
by comandement of
Quinctius, the Dictator,
ranne his sword through
Maelius, in the middle of
the Forum. But Manlius,
the preseruer of the Capi∣tol,
carrying himselfe, be∣cause
hee had freed most
men of their debts, ouer
loftily, and aboue the
garbe of a fellow-citizen,
they pitcht him headlong
from the top of the castell,
which himselfe had de∣fended.
Such were the
people of Rome at home,
and abroad, in peace, and
in warre, during this wor∣king
current of their
youth,* 1.2 the secund age of
their empire, in which
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they conquered all Ita∣lie,
betweene the
Alpes, and Sea,
by force of
armes.