He then sends to ask his father's instructions, which are given in a parabolic shape. 20 Iamque potens misso genitorem appellat amico, Nec mora, principibus caesis ex urbe Gabina, Traduntur ducibus moenia nuda suis. 119 b On another occasion the sons of Tarquin, with their cousin, Brutus, are sent to consult the oracle at Delphi, and receive an answer which concerns their own fortunes. Brutus alone reads it aright. Ecce, nefas visu, mediis altaribus anguis Exit, et extinctis ignibus exta rapit. 30 Consulitur Phoebus. Sors est ita reddita, “Matri 141 6 106 (132 1152 2 Sp.140, Afterwards the young princes are with the army before Ardea. They wonder whether their wives are regretting their absence, and Collatinus proposes that they shall take horse and see for themselves how they are occupied. 40 Cingitur interea Romanis Ardea signis, Et patitur lentas obsidione moras. Dum vacat, et metuunt hostes committere pugnam, Tarquinius iuvenis socios dapibusque meroque "Dum nos difficilis pigro tenet Ardea bello, 111 p. 148. 112 123 107 111 50 Surgit cui dederat clarum Collatia nomen: 66 Non opus est verbis, credite rebus!" ait. 119 a They find the other princesses sitting over the wine cup; but Lucretia is at work in the midst of her maids, and telling of her regrets and fears for her husband. 60 70 Pertulerant dominos: regalia protinus illi Tecta petunt; custos in fore nullus erat. 125 [puellae!... 115 "Mittenda est domino... nunc, nunc properate, Quamprimum nostra facta lacerna manu. Quid tamen auditis? nam plura audire potestis : Postmodo victa cades, melioribus, Ardea, restas, 1063 Sint tantum reduces: sed enim temerarius ille Hoc ipsum decuit: lacrimae decuere pudicae, 119 "Pone metum, venio!" coniux ait. Illa revixit, Sextus is smitten with her beauty, and after they have retired dwells still upon the picture. 80 Interea iuvenis furiatos regius ignes Concipit, et caeco raptus amore furit. Forma placet, niveusque color, flavique capilli, Quum referunt iuvenes in sua castra pedem. Ille; recordanti plura magisque placent. 111 100 106 3 Ut solet a magno fluctus languescere flatu, Sed tamen a vento, qui fuit, unda tumet, Quem dederat praesens forma, manebat amor. He returns to Collatia and is hospitably received by the unsuspecting Lucretia; but proves false to all the duties of a guest. Exitus in dubio est. "Audebimus ultima!" dixit: 90 "Viderit. Audentes forsve deusve iuvat. Cepimus audendo Gabios quoque." Talia fatus Accipit aerata iuvenem Collatia porta, 149 141 4 112 125 116 Quantum animis erroris inest! parat inscia rerum (131, 107%, At daybreak Lucretia sends for her father and her husband. On their arrival they find her weeping and in mourning garb, and she tells her story. She cannot pardon herself, however they may pardon, but stabs herself, and falls at her father's feet, showing even in this last act her instinctive delicacy. 100 Iamque erat orta dies: passis sedet illa capillis, 115 Grandaevumque patrem fido cum coniuge castris 123 Utque vident habitum, quae luctus causa, requirunt, 149 Illa diu reticet, pudibundaque celat amictu ΠΙΟ Hinc pater, hinc coniux lacrimas solantur, et orant p.142 (2) "Hoc quoque Tarquinio debebimus? eloquar," 106 66 Dant veniam facto genitor coniuxque coactae ; 66 Quam" dixit "veniam vos datis, ipsa nego." Nec mora, celato fixit sua pectora ferro, Et cadit in patrios sanguinolenta pedes. Tunc quoque, iam moriens, ne non procumbat 152 Brutus, who is present, shows that he is wrongly named: holding up the knife, reeking with Lucretia's blood, he swears vengeance on Tarquin's race. Brutus adest, tandemque animo sua nomina fallit, 120 Fixaque semianimi corpore tela rapit, Stillantemque tenens generoso sanguine cultrum "Per tibi ego hunc iuro fortem castumque cruorem, Illa iacens ad verba oculos sine lumine movit, 123 150 XXII. THE FABII. A Fabius rushes like a boar against the shouting chase. ARGUMENT. MACAULAY, VIRGINIA. The whole Fabian clan, consisting of 306 men, took upon themselves the burden of the border war against Veii. At last they are slain by an ambush, and the whole gens would have been extinct, had not one youth, too young to bear arms, been left behind at Rome.—(FASTI, II. 197.) See the story in LIVY II. 48, 49. The clan went out to the Cremera, and there pitched their camp, and at first were successful. ΙΟ 20 UNA domus vires et onus susceperat urbis : Sumunt gentiles arma professa manus: Tyrrhenum valido Marte per agmen eunt. The enemy lay an ambush; the Fabii fall into the trap. Sic iterum, sic saepe cadunt. Ubi vincere aperte Non datur, insidias armaque tecta parant. |