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that they wolde ncuer haue kynge to reigne more ouer them. Tan|iiiniiN \\rntr for ayde and focour to the kyn;;e of Tuh whit -h \\li.iw he could by no mcnci c//t rcat the Remain* to rr agayn their kynge /he cam with all his puyfTaunce agaynft and there longe (pace befteged the Komaynes by realbn whc great penury of \\heie was m the < iiyc / and the kynge of 'I hadde ijreal trulte / thai rontinuynge the siege / he fhuldc within a lytel lenger 1'pace compel 1 the Romaynes through famine to ycldc tlu- in telfc.

In the meane feafon a yonge man of the citie named Caius Miu ius / .MHO to the Senatours and Chewed them that he was pur- poled yf they wolde gyue hym li do an acte that [C iv a| fhuld IK- for theyr great profile and wclth / whereupon when he had obtemed licence / pnmrly / with weapo* hyd vnder his vefture he cam to the Tu leans campe / and gate hym amongf the thyrkefte nyghe to the tent where as the kyng fat with his chau//reller / payenge the tbwdiers theyr ' wages.

And by caule that they were alinolt of lyke apparel / and alfo the chauwreler Ipake many thynges as a man beynge in auctorite / he coulde nat tell whether of them was the kynge / nor he durft nat afke/ lefte hisdemaunde wolde haue bewrayed hym/ for as for lan- guage they had one / & nothynge was different / for bothe Tus- cains and Romayns were all of halve / as in tyines pait / Knglande hathe had many kynges / thoughe the language and pcple were one. And thus beynge in doubt whether of thc*r he myght fteppe vnto / by chau//ce he ftrake the chau*celler in ftcde of the kynge / and flewe hym / wherfore whan he was taken and brought before the kynge / for to punilVhe his hande that had fay led in takynge one for an other / and agayne to fhewe the kyng ho we lytle he cared for his menace> he thrall his hande into the lyre / whiche at that tyme was there prepared for lacrifyce / and there in the flame let it brenne / nat ones mouynge it. The kyn^e greatly [C iv l] merueylynge at liis amlaniie and hardy nature / commended hym ideally thereof / and bad hym go his way free. For the which ( as though he wolde make the kynge a great amendes) he fayned that ni. r. of the nobleft yonge mew of Rome had confpyred togythcrin lyke maner euery one after another vn wares to flee hym / and all to put theyr bodyes and lyues in hafarde tyll lyrac fhulde
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