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Unblushing speech, and ere the word

Of brave Virginius could be heard,

Vile Appius hasty judgment gave,

And the pure virgin, as a slave,

Decreed to Claudius. Then her sire,

Most noble knight, his soul afire,

Beheld how this decree unjust

Consigned his loved one to the lust

Of Appius, and that all in vain

He strove to save his child from stain;

So rather than such foul disgrace

Should sully her, he set his face

To suffer grief, than hell more hot,

If Titus Livius japeth not.”

OR not in rage, but fondest love,

Virginius slew this spotless dove,

And then, all gory, at the feet

Of Appius cast her visage sweet

Tn open court, before the eyes

Of all who stood there, and loud cries