A Cons户Tracy to Restore the Tarquins. Though no doubted that war with the Tarquins was imminent, it did come as soon as was universally expected. What was expected, however, was that through intrigue and treachery the new-won liberty was almost lost. There were some young men of high birth in Rome who durine the late rein had done pretty much what they Aleased. and oeznz moon companions or the vounz }l araums were accustomed to live m royal土ashion. .N ow that all were equal be士ore the law, they missed their former licence and complained that the liberty which others enjoyed had become slavery for them; as long as there was a king, there was a person from whom they could get what they wanted, whether lawful or not, there was room扮personal呷uence and kindness, he could show severityIt* , or mautgence, couia aiscriminate oetween his friends and his enemies. But the law was a thin;, deaf and inexorable-。nrpfavourable to the weak than to the powerful, showing no indulgence 0r forgiveness to those who transgressed;human nature being what it was.it was a danzerous plan to trust solelv ，V占-， to one's innocence. vv nen tney naa worxea tnemse,ves into arrived, without a state of disaffection, envoys from the royal. familybringing a demand for the restoration of their propertyany allusion to their possible return. An audience wasthem by the senate, and the matter was discussed f granted or some davs;fears were ei that the non-surrender would be 了，」t了 taken as a prezext ro hile if surrendered it might provide the means of war. The envoys, meantime, were engaged on. another task.:whilst ostensibly seeking only the surrender of the propertythe crow老ey wereWhilst secretly hatching schemes for r哪ruing canvassing the young nobility in savour other of their apparent object, they sounded them as to theirproposals, and meeting with. a favourable reception, they brletters addressed to them by the Tarquins and discussedfor admitting them secretly at night into the City. ought plans