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 CICERO. 87 shut, they broke them open, and Cicero not appearing, and those within saying they knew not where he was, it is stated that a youth, who had been educated by Cicero in the liberal arts and sciences, an emancipated slave of his brother Quintus, Philologus by name, mformod the tribune that the litter was on its way to the sea tlirough the close and shady walks. The tribune, taking a few with him, ran to the place where he was to come out And Cicero, perceivmg Herennius running in the walks, commanded his sen'ants to set down the litter; and stroking his chin, as he used to do, with his left hand, he looked steadfastly upon his murderers, his person covered with dust, his beard and hair untrimmed, and his foce worn with his troubles. So that the greatest part of those that stood by covered their faces whilst Heren- nius slew him. And thus was he murdered, stretching forth his neck out of the htter, being now in his sixty- fourth vear. Herennius cut off his head, and, by Antonv's command, his hands also, by which his Philipj^ics were written ; for so Cicero styled those orations he wrote against Antony, and so they are called to this da}-. When these members of Cicero were brought to Rome, Antony was holding an assembly for the choice of public officers ; and when he heard it, and saw them, he cried out, " Now let there be an end of our proscriptions." He commanded his head and hands to be fastened up over the Eostra, where the orators spoke ; a sight which the Eoman people shuddered to behold, and they believed they saw there not the face of Cicero, but the image of Antony's own soul. And yet amidst these actions he did justice in one thing, by delivering up Philologus to Pom- ponia, the wife of Quintus; who, having got his body into her power, besides other grievous punishments, made him cut oflf his own flesh by pieces, and roast and eat it ; for BO some writers have related. But Tiro, Cicero's eman-