The senate considered these sentiments too bitter. the veterans in their exasiaeration almost new to arms.11’ amine. J‘J.产 they said, was beinzuse d :use as a weapon against tem, as though V盖、2护 they were enemies; they were being cheated out of food and sustenance ;the for eign corn, which fortune had unexpectedly en them as their sole means of support, was to be snatched gl’fr(切 W:o:。 m their mouths unless their tribunes were given up in chains Cn. 1VTarcius unless he could work his will on the backs of the匆man.plebeians二n him a new.executioner had sprung7 ^I"Y w w up, wno oraerea znem ezrner to ale or ilve as slaves，.tie would. have been attacked on leaving the Senate-house had not the tribunes most opportunely :wed a day for his impeachment. This allayed the excitement, every rnan saw himself a judge with the power of life and death over his enemy. At first Marcius treated. the threats of the tribunes with contempt;they had the right of protecting not of punishing, the they were the tribunes of the plebs not of the patricians.the anger of the plebeians was so thoroughly roused thatpatricians could only save themselves by the punishment ofof their order. They resisted, however, in spite of the od 0ne ium they incurred, and exercised all the powers they possessed both collectively and individually. At first they attempted to thwart proceedings by posting pickets of their clients to deter individuals from frequenting meetings and conclaves. Then they pro-ceeded in a body you might suppose that every patrician wasimpeached---and implored the plebeians, if they refused to acquita man who was innocent, at least to give up to them, as guilty,one citizen, one senator. As he did not put in an appearanceon the day of trial, their resentment remained unabated, andhe was condemned in his absence. went into exile amongst the volscians，utterinz threats st his country, and even then entertainzna hostile desizns st it. Ttle V oiscians welcomed nzs arrivai, and he became popular as his resentment against his countrymen became bitter, and his complaints and threats were more fre- .quently heard. He enjoyed the hospitality of Attius Tullius who was by far the most important man at that time amo铭St the Volscians and a life-long enemy of the Romans. Impelled each by similar motives, the one by old-standing{ other by newly-provoked resentment, they formed for war with Rome. They were under the impression that the people could not。 easily be induced, after so many. defeats, to. .. w. 1 .'1 take uU arms aaam, and that after their losses In 'their numerous wars and recently through the pestilence, their spirits Were broken. The hostility had now had time to die down waS necessary, therefore, to adopt some artifice b V" which fresh ment of the Games.a householder after flogging his slave had