32 Tullus Hostilius the third king of Rome, reigned 32 yeeres.
NVma being deceased, the Interregencie tooke place again: during which time an act of Senat passed, wherein by the approbation of the Commons and advise of the nobles, Tullus Hostilius was created the third king of the Romans, in the fourescore and one yeere after the foundation of the cittie. Who having rased Alba, commaunded the Albans to be translated to Rome. Their Com∣mons hee made free denizens, and the princi∣pal nobles he tooke into the order of Senators. After Numa he reigned 32 yeeres, as all writers most constantly affirm. He perished as Diony∣sius witnesseth, by occasion that his house was on fire, wherein his wife & children & all their houshold besides were consumed and burnt. Some say, that his pallace tooke fire by lighte∣ning through the ire of the gods, for that hee had forlet some sacrifices and holy rites: others write, that it was occasioned by the trecherous practise of Ancus Martius, who reigned next af∣ter him. Of him Dionysius writeth in his 3 book. That hee carried before him the name of Ho∣stus it appeareth by this, that both his father and grandfire bare the said name. A prince hee was, not onely farre unlike to Numa, but also more fierce and stout than Romulus.