he two consuls, whose very nameis derived from con, with, and salio, to leap, were trying to leap in twoopposite ways ; and an end of their own power was the only conclusionto which they were likely to jump together. Tarquin had retired toCaere, waiting the chances of a restoration of his line ;… … 44 COMIC niSTORY OF ROME. [CHAP. V. The senate decreed that though Tarquin could not have the fasces,he was at liberty to make a bundle of all the other sticks that mightbelong to him. On this question Brutus and Collatinus were violentlyopposed, and both becoming hot, their excessive warmth led to…
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