offer a steady resistance nor effect their flight without great slaughter.XXXI. Last '",ears aitd Death、Tullus.-This victory threw great lustre upon the reign of Tullus, and upon the whole State,and added considerably to its strength. At this time it was reported to the king and the senate that thereof stones on the Alban Mount. As the thi攀been a showereemed hardly credible, men were sentwere watching, a heavylike hailstones heaped to to inspect the prodigy, and whilst， theyshower of stones fell from the sky, just gether by the wind. They fancied, too, that they heard a very loud voice from the grove on the summit‘ ，.，，一1 7几77，，‘。，.，;尸‘碑.11 dxaaing,Ene Albans celeDrate rnexr sacred rites after the manner of their fathers. These solemnities they had consigned to oblivion, as though they had abandoned their gods when they abandoned their country and had either adopted Roman or, as sometimes hampens，embittered against Fortune, .‘J‘了、.沪尹 given U，卜一 Pt. tneheR 1!0 SlI e幻 口a CS C， (0 O)( 江0. 不k ne’. 心D几 gU 侧p Q卜 .Sa n.1几 1C C尸匕 :O力 n贻狱 5.t州 e了乡 引占0 川U e:名 心，0 e﹄口 (e O江 本L P U nce 而r nine days, either-as tradition, asserts--owing to the voice from the Alban Mount, or because of the warning, of the soothsayers.In either case, however, it became permanently established whenever the same prodigy was reported;a nine days solemnity was observed Not to after a i)estilence caused Great distress。 and made men find 移lsP(晚 used for the hardships of military service. The warlike however, allowed no respite from arms;he 卿u妙七，too, that i. w气was more。 hea''I . "1 7 .妙y for。 the s呷fiery inw"咖 new than ac nome. At last ne nimseu was seize以w比nalingerinLy ，，，产，，，二，，，戈a，。 illness, ana inaz nerve ana restless spirit became so oroxen through bodily weakness, that he who had once thought nothing less fitting for .a king than devotion to sacred, things, now suddenly became a prey to every sort of religious terror, and filled the City with religious observances. There was a general desire to recall the condition of things which existed under h1"uma, for men fel七that the only help that was left against sickness was to obtain the forgiveness of the gods and be at peace with heaven. Tradition records that the king, whilst } examining the commentaries of I1uma, found there a description of certain secret sacrificial rites paid to Jupiter Elicxus:he withdrew into privacy whilst occupied with these rites, but their performance was marred by omissions or mistakes. Not only was no sign from heaven vouchsafed to him, but the anger of TuDiter was roused by the false worship rendered to him, and he burnt up the king ana nis house try a stroxe oi iigntnxng Tullus had achieved great renown in war, and reigned for two-and-thirty years.