“Are these the men with whom war ought to be carried on in a half-hearted and dilatory fasresentment have no force with渡n ? If such just reasons fordo not the following cons iderations,_工pray you,.possess，any， weight,.,几T呼city is hemmed in by immense siege-worxs_ which cgnnne_ zne enemy within his walls. He has not tilled his land, and what was tilled before has been devastated by war. If we b血9 0Ur army back again,卜” anybo 勿)nl the slightest doubt that they from a thirst for revenge, .but also through the sheer necessity·they are under of plundering other people's property since they have， lost their own? if we adopt your policy we do not postpone the war, we simply carry it within our own frontiers. “well, now, what about the sol __ers r .diexs in whom these worthy tribunes have suddenly become interested alter vainly endeavouriDg to rob them of their pay;what about them?They have carried a rampart and a Posse-each requiring enormous labour over all that extent of ground;they have built forts, few at first, but after the army was increased, very numerous; they have raised defences not only against the city, but also as a barrier against 7Etruria in case any succours came from there, what need to describe the towers, the vineae, the tesfudines, and the other engines used in storming cities?Now that so much labour has been spent and the work of investment at last com.- Weted, do you think that thev ought to be abandoned in order that by next summer we may be again exhausted by the toil of constructing them all afresh?How much less trouble to defend ,the works already constructed, to press on and persevere, and S0 bring( our cares and labours to an!Forassuredly un电rta址ngis not a lengthy one, if it is carried‘ through by derta址 one ContlnUOUSe廿ort，1士Wedonot匕y0Urown. xnterrupt1onsicontinuousnot barwe and r .rJ‘ loss of time.Now council ofEtruria " I have been speaking of the work and thethere are frequent meetings of the nationalto discuss the question of sending succoursallow us to forget the danger we incur by P toy eii.D o theseto roloz乡ng t，e war? As斑attersnow stand, they are angry, resentful, and say that they will not send any Veil may be captured, as far as they are concerned. But who will guarantee that if the war is prolonged they will continue in the same mind?For if you give the Veientines“、respite they will send“moreY ,。numerous andw Y a.nnuentxal em,oassy, and what now gives such displeasure to tne Etruscans, namely, the election of a king, may after a time be annulled either by the unanimous act of the citizens in order to win the sympathies of Etruria, or by voluntary abdication on 乡he part of the king himself,， thro., r叭his unwillingness to allowti his crown to enaanger the safety of his people. yc c See how mayou recommen黯astrous consequences follow from, thee sacrifice of works constructed, w黔cyso amucwar嚷ouble; the threath the whole of糯老astation of our borders; ainstead of one with Veii alone. “This, tribunes, s what your proposals amount to" w " w;very mu中，