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and the ramparts laid out in public walks. Locrine had England, Camber Wales,
The upper part of the city is magnificent. and Albanact Scotland.
The park is a spacious square, laid out BRUTUS, Lucius Junius, son of Marcus
with shaded walks, and surrounded by Junius and the daughter of the elder
the palaces, public offices and principal Tarquin, saved his life from the perseprivate houses. In the lower part, lying cutions of Tarquin the Proud by feignon a plain watered by the Senne, the ing himself insane, on which account he
streets are narrow and crowded, but the received the surname Brutus (stupid).
great market-place is very beautiful. During a plague that broke out at Rome,
This part of the city is intersected by he accompanied the son of Tarquin to
several canals, connected with the Senne, the oracle in Delphi. When Lucretia,
and the great Scheldt canal. The other the wife of Collatinus, plunged a dagger
principal squares are Oorlogo plaats, Mi- into her bosom, that she might not outchael's plaats and Sands plaats. The live the insult which she had suffered
principal churches are St. Michael's and from Sextus, the son of Tarquin, B., being
the church of St. Gudule. B. also con- present, threw off the mask. He drew
tails an, academy of arts and sciences, a the dagger, all bloody, from the wound,
foundling hospital, and a central school and swore vengeance against the Tarwith a library of 100,000 volumes, a valu- quins, explaining to the astonished specable gallery of paintings and a cabinet of tators the reason of his pretended imbenatural history. The school of medicine cility, and persuading all who were presand that of botany have also apartments, ent to take the same oath. The people
and there is a public botanic garden. submitted to his guidance, and he caused
The town is ornamented with 20 public the gates to be shut, the inhabitants to be
fountains, all embellished with sculpture. assembled, and the body to be publicly
The manufactures of B. are celebrated exposed. Ile then urged the banishment
throughout Europe and America, partic- of the Tarquins. After this had been
ularly its lace, camlets and carpets; the resolved on, B. proposed to abolish
first alone employs 10,000 individuals. the regal dignity, and introduce a free
Its carriages surpass even those of' Lon- government. It was then determined
don and Paris. The other articles made that two consuls should exercise supreme
here are ticking, various kinds of cotton power for a year, and Junius Brutus and
and woollen stuffs, silk stockings, gal- Tarquinius Collatinus were chosen fotd
loons, earthenvare, &c. It carries on the first term. Tarquin, who had seen
considerable trade with the interior of the the gates shut against him, and found
Netherlands, and also with foreign coun- himself deserted by his army, sent amlbastries, by means of its canals. The prin- sadors to Rome to demand a restoration
cipal of these was constructed in 1560 of his private property, and, at the same
and 1561, and leads to Antwerp: it is 110 time, to promise that he would make no
feet above the level of the sea. The city attempt against the republic. I-His request
owes its origin to St. Gery, who, in the was granted. The ambassadors, however,
7th century, built a chapel on an island set on foot a conspiracy, and drew into it
in the Senne, and preached to the peas- many young men, among whom were the
ants. As the numbers collected here be- two sons of B. and the nephews of Col -
came great, it was surrounded with a wall latinus. But a slave named Tindex disin 1044, and became, in process of time, covered the plot. The criminals were
the residence of the dukes of Brabant, imprisoned, and the consuls caused the
and of the Austrian governors. It was people the next morning to be called to
several times captured by the French, and, the comitia. All were deeply shocked
in 1789 —90, took the lead in the troubles to see the sons of B. among the prisoners,
which broke out in the Netherlands. and their father on the judgment-seat to
BRUTUS, or BRUITE, in the fabulous his- condemn them. Collatinus wept, and
tory of Britain, was the first king of the even the stern Valerius sat silent. But
island, according to Geoffirey of Mon- B. arose firmly, and, after their crime had
mouth. IIe is said to have been the son been proved beyond a doubt, ordered the
of Sylvius, and grandson of Ascanius, the lictors to execute the law. Neither the
son of IEneas, and to have been born in entreaties of the people nor ofb his sons
Italy. He landed at Totmess, in Devon- could alter his resolution. He witnessed
shire, destroyed the, giants who then in- the horrible spectacle without emotion,
habited Albion, and called the island and did not leave the assembly until after
from his own name. At his death, the the execution. He was called back,
island was divided among his three sons: however, when Collatinus wished to save