the rest in the order of their lot, will come each in his turn, till fortune shall give us a favourable chance ag ainst you." XIzz. Mucius was accordingly dismis se d 夕afterwards he received the soubriquet of Scaevola, from the loss of his right hand. :Envoys from. Porsena followed him to Rome. The king's narrow escape from the first of ma ny attempts, which was owing solely to the mistake of his assai lant, and the prospect of having to meet as many attacks as there were conspirators, so unnerve乎him that. he ma呼e巡oposals of peace to Rome. One for the7，restorationIII。of the Tarquins was put77 r , w + forward, more， because tie could nor well refuse their requestV 7 'V "1 .1 ,. .. If . than because ne nau‘ any mope.01 its bezxag ,granted二，The demand for the restitution of their territory to the Vefentxnes， 甲r and that for the surrender of hostages as a condition of the withdrawal of the detachment from the Taniculum. were felt ，。，，，Y，·:，，，叮，。，。r‘. ay、 the .n.omansY于0，D呀inevitame, ana on'"fti Y，their aeing acceptedP and. peace conciuaea.,Y 1 Y，Porsena movea， nzs， troops Irom the11 ., } ;i j aniculum}. r w.anal evacuarea the ic.oman territory. As a recog-. Y I^r -% &' '+ . ti nztion oi nis courage the senate gave C Mucxus a piece ox land across the river, which was afterwards known as theMucian Meadows· The .Story of Cloelia. The honourthhonoursPai d tus paid to courage incited even woinen to do glorious thi ngs for the Mate. The Etruscan camp was situated not far from the river, and the maiden Clo elia, one of the hostages,, escaped, unobserved, thro喊the. guards and at the hea" 7 Y吵f her sister hostages swam across trie aver amidst a shower of javelins ana reszorea them all safe to their relatives. When the news of this incident reached him ，the king was at first exceedingly angry to demand the surrender of Cloelia;the others he did about. Afterwards his feelings changed to admiration;he said that the exploit surpassed those of Cocles and Mucius, and announced that whilst on the one hand he should consider the treaty broken if she were not surrendered, he would on the other hand, if she were surrendered, send her back to her people unhurt. Both sides behaved honourably;the Romans surrendered her as a pledge of loyalty to the terms of the treaty; the Etruscan king showed that with him courage was not only safe but honoured, and after eulogising the girl's conduct, told her1.that he would‘ make her7，present of half the remaining hostages. she was to choose whom she would. It is said that 、，JY after all had been brought before her, she chose the boys of tender age;a choice in keeping with maidenly modesty, and one approved by the hostages themselves, since they felt that the age which was most liable to ill-treatment should have the preference in being rescued froze. hostile hands. After peace was thus re-established, the Romans rewarded the unprecedented courage shown by a woman by an unprecedented honour, namely an equestrian statue. On the highest part of the Sacred Way a statue was erected representing the maiden sitting on horseback.