, perhaps sowing up some old tares, or examiningthe state of his pulse—a favourite crop in those days—or cutting out 70 COMIC HISTORY OF ROME. [chap. VII. the sickliest of his corn with the sickle. The soil being loamy, andCincinnatus being in the thick of his work, he was not very preseutable ;but… … Cincinnatus chosen Dictator. capable of bearing arms ; and every man thus called out, accepted thepatriotic challenge. Every soldier was to carry with him food for fivedays, and twelve stakes cut into lengths to form a barricade; so that,as the stakes weighed several pounds, and the eatables were…
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