The Second Duumvirate.----'This was the end of ，assumption of a part foreign to his nature. From that 。conduct was in. accordance with. his natural dispositioxa, and he began to entered on office, privatee meetings daily; then,飞 armed with plans hatched inabsolute " secrecy for exercising unbridled power, they no longer troubled to dissemble their tyranny, but made themselvesdifficult of access, harsh and stern to those to whom they granted interviews.So matters went。。till the middle of May. At that period, May 15, was the proper time for magistratesoffice. At the outset, the first day of their to take up government marked by a demonstration which aroused great fears. whereas the previous decemvirs had observed the rule of only one having the“farces”at a time and making this emblem of royalty go to, each in turn, now， all the Ten suddenly appeared,t "r-N t- It IT 11 * . 'T each with his twelve Uctors. l.ne x orum was filled with one hundred and twenty lictors, and they bore the axes tied up in the“farces." The decemvirs explained it by saying that as they were invested with absolute power of life and death, there was no reason for the axes being removed. They presented the annearance of ten kings。and manifold fears were entertained not only uy tn.e lowest classes but even oy the foremost of the senators. They felt that a pretext for commencing bloodshed was being sought for, so that if any -one uttered, either in the senate or amongst the people, a single word which reminded them of liberty, the rods and axes would instantly be made ready for him, to intimidate the rest. For not only was there no protection in the people now that the right of appeal to them was withdrawn, but the decemvirs had mutually agreed not to interfere with each other's sentences。whereas the previous 沪J‘ decemvirs had allowed their judicial. decisions to be revised on appeal to a colleague, and certain matters which. they considered to be within the jurisdiction of the people they had referred to them. For some time they inspired equal terror in all 以，,fraduall- rested wholly on the plebs. The patricians were unmolested it was the men in humble life for whom they reserved the扮 wanton and cruel treatment. Thev were solely swayed by personas motives, not盯me justice of a cause, since nltluence had with， them峡force of equity. They drew up their judgments at home ana pronounced. them in me .r orumTIT y a r. .r r .,;it. any one appealed to a colleague, he left the presence of the one to wwllom he had appealed erly regretting that he had not abide the first sentence. A belief,' not traceable to any authorit d川: ，匕1刃n VJ亡甩d source, had got abroad that their conspiracy against law justice was not for the present only, a secret and sworn