“Coriolanus was once driven to make war on his country by an iniquitous sentence which condemned him to dishonoured and forlorn exile, but his affection as a son recalled {吵from the crime which__ he was meditating一 as a citizen. What have you suffered to call ou亨this， bitterhostility? Did you proclaim war against your， country, did you.desert the people 0乳1COm只in favour， o于.the lierge万es, aid you trample uncertoot ail law, numan and cdiv子ne, simply Because， your一叹，was a few days in arrear owing to your general‘s illness e’ 1’ Here is no doubt about it, soldiers, you were seized with madness;the bodily illness from which I su头red was not one whit more severe than the mental malady which overtook you. I shrink with horror from dwelling upo n the credit men gave to rumours, the hopes they entertained, th e ambitious schemes they formed. Let all be forgotten, if possible, or if not that, let silence at least draw a veil over all. “I admit that my words have appeared stern and unfeeling but how much more unfeeling, think you. has you r 、.声子砂1 conduct been than anything I have said?You imagine that i t is right and proper for me to tolerate your actions, and yet you have not patience to hear them mentioned10 Bad as they are, however, I will not reproach you with them any longer; I only wish you may forget them as easily as I shall. As for the army as a body, if you sincerely repent of your wrongdoing you give me satisfaction enough and more than enough. Albius of Cales and Atrius of Umbria with the other ringleaders in this detestable mutiny will expiate their crime with their blood. The sight of their punishment o lgh t to give you satisfaction rather than pain, if indeed you ha ve recovered vour sanitv. for their designs would have proved more mischievous auto destructive to you than to any one else. had hardly finished a siamal. the eves and ears of his audience were assailed by everyttunz wtlicn could ternty and aDAai. 1 ne army wiucn was on ffuarct all round the assem aiv ciasnea tneir swords aaamst tneir sinews, and the voice of the usner was neara camngover the names of those who had been sentenced in the council or war. These were stripped to the waist and conducted into the middle of the assembly;all the apparatus of punishment was at once brought out;they were tied to the stake, scourged and finally 卜户卜户。A户日 The spectators were so benumbed by terror that no voice was raised against the severity of the punishment, not even a groan was heard. Then the bodies were all dragged away, and after the place was cleansed, the soldiers were summoned each by name to take the oath of obedience to P. Scipio before the military tribunes. Th en they each received the pay due to them, Such was the end and issue of the mutiny which started amongst the soldiers at Sucro.