Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-10-18
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TIFF STORY OF LucRETIA.


a good idea Of the taste and style OF Ar
nold's history of Rome, is one OF the most
interesting in Roman history, and loses
none of its interest from beng often feao
"Now when they came back to None, I
King Tarquinus was at war with the Peo-
ple Of Ardea aud as the city was strong
his army lay long time before II, TIL II
should be forced TO yield through famine:
So the Romans had leisure for ieasting ana /
for diyerting themselves; and one Itus
and Aruus were supping with their BROTH
er Sextus, and their cousin Tafqnlnlus OF
Cola,ia was supp,ng with them. And they
DISPUTED about their wives, whose wIie OF
the two was the worthiest lady Then SAID
Tarqninius of Collatia, "Let us go, and
see with our own eyes what our wives are
doing, so we shall know which is the
worthiest" Upon this they mounted their
horses, and rode first to Home; and there
thew found the wives of Titus, and oi
Aruns. and Of Sextus feasting and making
merry. Then they rode ON to CoHatla,
and it was late in the right; but they tound
I,ucretia the wife Of Tarqninlus OF Cola
tia, neither feastng, nor sleeping, but she
was sitting with all her landmarks around
her. and all were working at the loom SO
when they saw this, they all SAID, "LucFe'
tia is the worthiest lady" AND she enter
tanned her husband and kinsman, and ater
that they rode back 10 the camp before
Ardea. ;,
nBut spirit Of wicked passion seized
upon Sextus, and few days Afterwards he
went alone to Collatia. and Lucretla re-
ceived him Hospitality, for hegwas her hus-
bands kinsran. At midnight he arose
and wen. to her chamber and he said ifshe
Welded not to him he would STAY her and
one of her slaves with her, and would say
TO her husband that he had slain her IN her
Auditory. So when Sextas had accom-
plished his wicked purpose he went back
again to the camp.
"Then Lucreiia sent in haste 10 Rome,
to pray that her father, Spurius Iucretins
would come to her; and she sent to Ardea
to summon her husband. Her father
brought along with him Publius Valerious,
and her husband brought along with HIN
I.ucius Junius, whom men called Brutns.
When they arrived, they asked earnestly
"Is all welIn Then she told them of the
wicked deed Of ,Sextus, and che said, III
We be men, avenge it. And they all syore
to her, that they would avenge it. Ihen
abe said again, 81 am not guilty; yet must
| too share in the punishment of this deed,
lost any should think that they may be
false to their husbands and live" And
ehe drew knife from her bosom and stab
bed herself to the heart.
"At that sight, her husband and her
father cried aloud but Lucius drew the
knife from the wound, and held it up and
said, BY this blood swear that VIII Wis
it this deed upon King Tarqninius and all
his accused race neither shall any man
hereafter be king in Rome, lest he do the
like wickedness.' And he gave the knife
to her husband, and TO her father, and to
Publius Valerius. They maryelled TO hear
such words from him whom men call dull;
but they swore also, and they took up tie
body Of Lucretia, and carried !. down to
the forum and they said, Behold the
deeds Of the wicked family Of Tarquinins.
All the people of Collatia were moved, and
the men took up arms, and they set guard
at the gates, that none might 60 out to car
~ the tidings to Tarquinius, and they fol-
lowed Lucius to Rome. There, too, all
the people came together, and the cricr
summoned them to assemble before the trl-
bune of the Celeres, for Lucius held that
Office And Lucius spoke to them of all
the tyranny of Tarquinius and his sons,
and Of the wicked deeds of SeXtus And
the people in their curiae took back from
Tarquinius the sovereign power, which
they had given him, and they banished him
and all his family. Then the younger men
followed Lucins to Ardea, to WIN over the
army there to join them; and the city was
left in charge of Spurius Lucretius. But
the wicked TuIha fled in haste from her
house, and all, both men and women, ours
ed her as she passed, and prayed that the
furies of her fathers blood might visit her
With vengeance
Meanwhile King Tarqninius set out
with speed TO Rome to put down the tu-
multi. But Lucius turned aside from the
road tina, he might not meet him, and they
drove out the sons of Tarquinius. King
Tarquinius came TO Rome, but the gates
were shut and they declared TO him from
the walls the sentence of Punishment which
had been passed against him and his fami-
!y. So he yielded TO his fortune and went
TO live at Caere with his sons Titus and
Aruns His other son Sextus, went TO Ga
BIZ; and the people there remembering how
he had betrayed him 10 his father, slew him.
Then Ike army lef the camp before Ardea
and went back to Rome. And all men said,
let us follow the rood laws of the rood kinr