The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero - C Middleton 1712 - Vol 3

8/20/2019 The History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero - C Middleton 1712 - Vol 3

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THE

HISTORY

O F

THE

LIFE

O F

Marcus

TviUius

Cicero.

Hunc

igtturfpeUetnus.

ocpropofitumfit

obis

exemplum.

Hie

fe

profecijfe

iiat^

ut

CiczKO

valde

placebit.

Qu

I N T

I

L.

Inilit.

1.

X. i.

By

CONYERS

MiDDLETOMy

D.

D.

Principal

Library

-Keeper

of

the

Univerfitjr

f

CamiriJ^i^

VOL.

in.

The Second

Edition.

LONDON:

Printed

for

W.

Inktt

8,

at

the

Wtft-EnitA^Pm^s^

and

R.

M

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'THE

HISTORY

OF

The L I

F

E

of

M.

7ULLIUS

CICERO.

S

E

C

T.

IX.

CICERO

as

prefent

t

the

death

A.

UA.

709.

of Csefiir

in

the Senate

j

where

be

Cic.

63.

bad tbe

pleafure:^

e

tells

us,

to

fee

tbe

j^

^^J^n-

/}Tii;i/

eriftf

s

be

deferved\o'].

By

|,j.

p.

cor*

this

accident

he

was

freed

at

once

fi-om all fub-

helius

Do

jedion

to

a

fuperior,

nd

all

the

uneaiinefs

and

^abblla.

indignity

of

mans^ng

a

power,

which

every

moment

could

opprefs

him. He

was

now

with--

out

competition

he

firft

Citizen in

Rome

;

the

firft

in that

Tedii:

and

aXithority

oth

with the

3enate

and

People,

which

illuftrious

merit

and

fervices

will

neceflarily

ive

in

a

free

City.

The

Con(pinttors

oiifidered

Urn

as

fuch,

aiid

reckoned

upon

him

as

their fure friend

:

for

they

had

no

Iboner

finiihed their

work,

than

Brutus^

lifting

p

bis

bloodydagger^

called

out

upon

bim

by

name^

to

congratulate

ith

him

on

Vol. III.

B

the

[ ]

Qgid

mihi

attuleritifU

intersttt

Tyraiuii?

Ad

Att.

domini

macatio,

pcaeter

lae-

14*

14.

titian,

aam

ocdii

cepii

jufto


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2

ê

History

of

tbe

Life

A.

Urb.

709.

the

recovery

of

their

liberty

p]

:

and

when

they

^C

ff

^^'

^^^

^^^

prefently

fter

into

the

Forum,

with

M.

Anton

I-

^^^îr

daggers

in their

hands,

proclaiming

iberty

us.

P.

Con-

to

the

City,they

proclaimed

t

the

ftime

time

NELius

Do-

the

name

of

Cicero

\

in

hopes

to

recommend

the

LABELLA.

jyHj^c

F

their

aft,

by

the

credit

of

his

appro-ation

[j].

This

gave

Antony

pretence

o

charge

him

afterwards

in

public,

idi

beit^grivy

to

tbe

con-

/piracy

and

the

principal

avtfer

of

it

\y]

:

but

it

is

certain^

that

he

was

,not

ft

all

accjuaint

with

it

:

for

tho* he

had.

the

ftriiêft

riend/hi

with the

chief

aftors,

and

they

the

greateft

on-idence

in

him,

yet

his

age^

diaradler,

ad

dig-,

nity,

rendered

him

wholly

unfit,

o

bear

a

part

in

an

attempt

of

that

nature

;

and

to

embark

himfelf in

an

affair

fo

defperate,

ith

a

number

of

men,

who,

excepting

ftw

of

their

Leaders,

were

ail

either

too

young

to

be

trufted,

r

too

oh*

fure^

even

to

be known

by

him

[j].

He

could

have been

of

little

or

no

fervice

to

them

m

the

execution

of

the

a6t,

yet

of much

greater

in

ju-^

ftifying

tafterwards

to

the

City,

for

having

had

no

fhare

in

it,nor

any

perfonal

ntereft,

A

makQ

his

authority

fuipeaed.

Thefe

were

die

true

reafons

without

doubt,

why

Brutus

and

CafTius

did

not

impart

the

defign

to

hun:

had

it,

een

from

any

other

motive,

as

fome writers

hftve

fu t

M

Cgfoe

interfefto

* ille fariofos

me

priacipeiti

tim

cruentum

alte

eztoUeai dick

/uifle.

Utinim

qvidem

M.

Brutus

pugionem

C/V/r

fuifleiDy

olellus

nobis

noA

nem

nofninatim

exdamavit,

eflec.

Ep.fam.

12.

3.

it.

2.

anqiie

i

recuperatam

liberta-

[j]

Qaam

verifimile

porrd

tem

eft

gntulatiu.

Philip.

ell,.in

tot

hominibnt

p rtim

2.12.

obfcnris,

artim

adolerce ti-

M

Dto.

p. 249.

busy

peminem

occu1tantibus

[r

J

Cefiuem

meo

eonfilio feeum

nomen

latere

potoiflTe

interfeaum.

[Phil.

.

n.]

Phil.

2.

11.

Ydbicnimpatcherrimifa^


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ofM.

rULLIUS

CICERO.

j

luggcfted,

r

had

itadmitted

any

interpretation

. Urb.

709,

injurious

o

his

honor,

he

muft

have been often

Coff

reproached

ith

it

h^Antofiy^

nd his

other

ad-

m.

Antoni-

verfariesof thofe

times,

who

were

io ftudious

to

us.

P.

CaR-

invent and

propagate

every

calumny

that

could

i'*v$

Do-

deprelshiscredit.

tannot

however

intirelycquit

^**^''**

him of

being

infbme

degreeaccefifory

o

the deadi

of

Csefar: for

it

is

evident

from

ieveral of

hi^

Letters,

that

he

had

an

expedtation

f

fuch

an

at^

tempt,

and

from

what

quarter

itwould

come

%

and

not

onelyexpe ed,

but

wifhed

it

:

he

prb^

phefied

ery

early,

hat

Cafat^s

reign

could

mt

Uftfix

monfbfj

but

muft

neaffartly

dl^

eitber

iy

vMince,

or

of

i^fi^

^^

hoped

to

live

to

fee

it

[t]

i

he

knew

the

difafifeftion

f

the

greateft

nd

b^fl:

._^^

of

the

City;

which

they

exprefled

ith

great

freedom

in

their

Letters,

and

with

much

more,

we

may

imiagine,

n their

private

onver tion

:

he

knew

the fierce and

haughtyfpirit

f

Bruttq

and Caflius

;

and

their

impatience

f

a

Mafteri

and

activated

a

ftrift

Correfpondence

ith

them

both

at

this

time,'

s

if

for

die

opportunity

f

cx^

citing

hrm

to

fome

aft

of

vigor.

On

the

news^

that

Atticus fent

bin),

of

C^fat^s

image

being

plaeed

in the

Temple

0^

luirinus^

adjoining

o

that

of

the

Goddefs

olus

;

/

bad

ratber^

fays

he,

have

him the

Comrade

of,

RomuluS^

than

of

the

Goddefs

Safety

u]

:

referring

o

Romulufs

fate^

of

being

killed

in

theSenaceJ

In

another Letter

it

fcetm

to

be

intimated,

that Atticus and he

had

been

contriving,

r

talking

t

lead

together,

how

Bfutus

migHt

be

fpirited

p

to

fome

attempt

B

2

of

[/]Jm uitelligrs

d

r^g*

left,

ut

per

adverfaricM,

ut

miQ^yix

ftmcftre

iSk

poS^m^

ipfe

per

(L.id

fperoiiris ao-

po9

tin\fa

hoc

am6fmmxi$

bis

fore.

Ad Att.

z.

8.

lib

vXfipxio^

jio

dudmo*

I

M

Eom

ain^w

Quirinp

nee

AO0

l|it,

fiec

sliw

9^-

mslo,

quani

^loti.

Ad

Att.

cidec

Contut

ifte

nefiplTf

is.

15.


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Ck.

63

Coff.

M.

Amtohi-

ws.

P.

Cor-

WBLIVS

Do-

C

LABBLLA.

c(

CC

4

^

HisTOKY

of

the

Life

A.

Urb^rog;

f

that

kind,

by

fetting

efore him

the

feme

and

'^'

^

glory

of

his

Anccftors

:

Does

Brutus

then tell

^^

us,

fays

he,

that

Csefar

brings

with him

glad

^^

tidings

o

honeft

men

? where will

he

find

them

?

unlefs

he

hangs

himfelf. But how fe-

curely

s

he

now

intrenched

on

all

fides

?

What

ufe then

of

your

fine

invention

;

the

picture

f

^^

old Brutus and Ahala

with

the

verles

under,

**

which

I

law in

your

Gallery

Yet

w^t

after

**

all

can

he

do

?*'

[x]

One

cannot

help

obfer-

ving

likewife,

n his

Pieces,

ddrefled about this

time

to

Brutus,

how

artfully

e

fidls

into

a

la-^

mentation

of

the

times,

and

of

the

particular

n-^

happinefs

f

Brutus

himfelf,

in

being

deprived

by

them

of

ail

the

hopes

and

ufe

of his

great

ta-ents

; putting

im

in

mind

at

the

fame

time

of

bis

double

defcent

i-om

Anceflors,

who

had

ac-uired

immortal

glory

by

delivering

ome

from

fcrvitude.

hus

he concludes

his

treatife

onfa^

mous

Orators.

Whbm

of

old

Bratus

and

Ahala.|oii

ed

together

in

ione

piSure,

with

the

yerfes

under,

had

gi-en

a

handle

perhaps

o

a

con-

verlation

betwden

Cicero

and

him,

how

Brutus

might

be

incited

by

the

example

of

thofe

great

Anceftors

to

dif-

folve

the

tyranny

of

Caeftr.

Itieemsalio

^nry

probable,

that

this

very

pidure

of

At*

ticus^s

invention,

as

Cicero

calls

it,

might

give

qcotfion

to

the

thought

and

coinage

of

that

filver

medal

or

inM-

r/ir/,

which

is

ftill

extant,

with

the

headwind

names

of

thofe

two

old

Atrlots;

Bm*

ttts

on

the

one

fide,

Ahala

on

the other.

Vid.

Thefaur.

MoielL

in

Fam.

Junia.

ab

It

I.

[4r]

Itane

nunciat

Brutus,

ilum

ad bonos

viros

fuV ^/

Ai ?

fed

ubi

eos?

nififorte

ft

fufpendit?

ie

autem ut

lultumeftf

ubi

igitur

/Ap-

Vx^9^

illud

tuum

quod

vi-

di

m

Pdrtbiwui^

Alubm

U

Bratum? fed

quid

fiiciat

ad

Atti3.

40.

FdrtbtnoKi

is

fuppoied

o

denote

fome

room

or

gallery

in

Brutus*s,

r more

proba-ly

tn

Atticus*s

houfe,

adorn*

ed with

the

Images

or

Por-raits

of

the

great

men

of

^9mit

under

each

of

which,

as

Cornelius

Nepos

tells

us,

[in

vit.Att.

c.

18.]

Atticus

had

feverally

efcribed

their

principal

ds

and

honors,

in

four

or

five

verfes

of

his

own

compofing

where

the

coa-

tempJacion

f

thefe

Figures


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iffM.

nrLLIUS

CICERO.

s

**

Wh

e

n

i

look

upon you,

Brutus,

I

am

A.

Urb.

709.

**

grieved

to

fee

your

youth,

running,

as

it

q^'

**

were,

in

full

career

through

the

midft

of

m. Awtoni-

'

glory,

ftop'd

fhort

by

the wretched

fate

of

us.

P.

Co*.

your

Country.

This

grief

fits

heavy

upon

^ J;^^'

5'

me,

and

on

our

common

friend

Atticus,

the

' ^**''''^'

f*

partner

of

my

affedion,

and

good

opinion

f

**

you

:

we

heartily

ilh

you

well

;

wifli

to

fee

^*

you

reap

the

fruit of

your

virtue

;

and

to

*^

live

in

a

Republic,

that

may

give

you

the

**

opportunity,

ot

onely

to

revive,

but

to

in-

erode the

honor

and

memory

of

the

two

no-

^*

ble

families,

from

which

you

defcend

for

^

the

Forum

was

wholly

yours

;

yours

all

that

^^

courfe of

glory

you,

of

all

the

young

plea-

^*

ders,

brought

thither,

not

onely

a

tongue,

**

ready

formed

by

the exercifeof

fpcaking,

ut

**

had

enriched

your

Or ory

by

the

furniture

**

alio

of the

feverer

arts

;

and

by

the

help

of

ff

the

i^n^e

rts

had

joined

o

a

perfeAion

f elo-

^'

quence

the

ornanient

of

every

virtue. We

**

are

doubly

lorry

therefore

on

your

account,

**

that

you

want

the

benefit of

the

Republic

'^

the

Republic

f

you

:

but

though

thisodious

^^

ruin

ot

the

City

extinguifhes

he

ufe

of

your

^^

abilities,

o

on

flill,rutus,

to

purfue

our

ufual

fludies,

?^.'*

These

paflages

eem

to

give

a

realbnable

ground

to

believe,

that

Cicero,

though

a

flran-

ger

to

the

particular

ounfilsof

the

Confpirators,

had

yet

a

general

otion

of

their

delign,

as

well

AS

ibme

(hate

in

promoting

it.

In

his

reply

to

Antony's

charge,

he

does

not

deny

his

expeAatt*

on

of

it,

freely

wns

his

joy

for

it,

and

thanks

him

for

giving

him

an

honor,

which

he

had

not

merited,

of

bearing

parr

in

it

;

he

calls

it,

^*

the

moft

glorious

dt,

which

had

ever

been

B

3

done.


8/426

LABELLA.

6

The

Hist

oKY

of

fbe

Life

A.Urb. 1

69.

done,

notonely

in

that,

but

in

any

other

^c

ff

^^^y

^^

which

men were more

forward

td

M.

AifTONi-

claim

a

ihare,

which

they

had

not,

than

to

us.

P.

Cor-

*'

diflemble that which

they

had

5

that Brutus's

NBLius

Do-

reafon

for

calling

ut

upon

him,

was to

fig-

'

**

nify,

that

he

was

then

emulating

his

praifes,

^'

by

an

aA,

not

unlike

to

what he

had

done

:

*'

that if

to

wifh

C far*s

death

was a

crime,

to

*^

rejoice

t

it

was

the

fame

;

there

being

n6

*'

difference

between

die

advifcr

and

the

appro-

*'

ver

;

yet

excepting

ntony

and

a

few

morty

**

who

were

fond

of

having

a

King,

that

there

was

not

a

man

in

Rome^

who

did

not

defire

to

fee the

faft

committed

-,

that

all

honeft

*'

men,

as

far

as

it

was

in their

power,

concurred

in

it

-,

that

fome

indeed

wanted

the

counlil,

fome

the

courage,

fome the

opportunity,

ut

none

the

will

to

do

it,

?f.

[y]**

The

news

of

this

furprifing

edt raifed

a

ge-eral

.

conilemation

through

the

City

;

fo

that

the

iirft

care

of

the

Confpirators

as

to

quiet

the

minds of

the

people,

by

proclaming

eace

and

liberty

o

all,

and

declaring,

hat

no

farther

violence

was

intended

to

any.

They

marched

out

therefore

in

a

body,

with

a

Capj

as

the

en-

ftgn

of

liberty

carried

before

hem

on

a

Spear[2]

5

and

[j] Ecquiseft

igitur,

ui

were

made

free;

whence

it

te

excepto,

Sc

lis,

qui

ilium

became tbi

Embitm

of

Hber*

regnare

gaudebant,qui

illud

tj

:

to

expofe

it

therefore

aut

fieri

noluerit,ut

fad^um

on

a

Spear,

was

a

public

in-

improbarit

omnes

cnim

in

vitation

to

the

people,

to

culpa.

Etenim

omnes boni,

embrace

the

liberty

hat

was

quantum

in

ipiis

uic,

Caefa-

offered

to

them

by

the

de-

rem

occiderunt.

A|iis

con-

flrudion

of

their

Tyrant,

filium,

aliis

animus,

occafio There

was

a

Medal like

wife

defuit

;

voluntas

nemui, c.

ftruck

on

this

occafion,

with

Phil.

2. 12.

the fame

device,

which is

[z]

A

Cap

was

always

gt-

flill

exUnt.

The

thought

ven

to

Slav$jf

when

they

however

was not

new ;

for

Satur*


9/426

ofM.rULLIUS

CICERO.

7

and

in

a

calm

and

orderly

anner

preceded

A.

Urb

709.

through

die

Forum

5

where,

in

die

firft

heat

of

^^^/

joy

for

the

deaUi of

the

Tyrant,

fcveral

of

the

m.

Antoni-

young

Nobility,

who had bom

no

part

in

the

U3.

P.

Co**

confpiracy,

oined

themfelves

to

the

company

melius

Do*

with

fwords

in

their

hands,

out

of

an

ambition

^^***'*'^*

to

be

thought

partners

in

the

a t

^

but

they

paid

dear

afterwards

for that

vanity,

nd

without

any

(hare

of

the

glory,

were

involved in

the ruin

which

it

drew

upon

allthe

reft.

Brutus

dcfign-

cd

to

have

fpoken

o

the

Citizens

from

the

Ro-

Jira

;

but

perceiving

hem

to

be

in

too

great

an

agitation

o

attend

to

fpeeches,

nd

being

uncer-ain

what

way

the

popular

humor

might

turn,

and

knowing

that

there

were

great

numbers

of

Caefar's

oldfoldiers

n

the

City^

who

bad

heenfum-

manedfrom

all

parts

to

attend

him

to

the

Parthian

war^

he

thought

proper,

with

his

accomplices,

under

the

guard

ot

Decimu8*s

Gladiators,

o

take

rcfijge

n

the

Capitol[a].

Being

here

fecurcd

from

any

immediate

violence,

hefummoned

the

people

thither^in

the

afternoon

*,

and

in

a

fpeech

to

them,

which

he

had

prepared,juftified

is

ad,

and

expianed

the

motives

of

it,

and

in

a

pathetic

anner

exhorted

them

to

exert

them-elves

in

the

defence

of

their

country,

and

main-

tain

the

liberty

ow

offered

to

them,

againfl

ll

the abettors

ot

the

late

tyranny.

Cicero

prefent-

ly

followed

them

into the

Capitol,

ith

the

bcft

B

4

and

Saturninus,

in his

fcdition,

himfclf

ufed the

fame

expe-

wben

he

had

poicifed

Ilka- dfcntafternrarda

o

invite

the

UMoi

the

Capitol,

xalted

a

flavei

to

take

arms

with

him

Cap

alfo

K

thi

top

of

a

Spear

againft

ylla,

ho

was

march-

as a

token of liberty

to

all

the

ing

with

his

army

into

the

Slaves,

who

woula

join

with

City

to

attack

him.

Val.

htm

:

and

though

Marius,

In Max.

8.

S.

^

his

fitch

Oonfalfliip,

eftrov-

[a]

App.

2.

p. ^05.

Db.

d

him

for

that

aA,

by

a

it-

p.250.

Plat,

in

Csf.

Brut,

icrec

of

the

Senile^

yet

he


10/426

8

^

History

of

the

Life

A-

Urb.

709.

and

greateft

art

of the

Senate,

to

deliberate

on

Cic.

6v

the

proper

means

of

improving

this

hopeful

e-

M.Antoni-

g^'^^^S*

and

eftablilhing

heir

Kbcrtygn

a

folid

vs.

P. Con-

and

lafting

oundation.

wELius

Do-

A

N T

o

N y

in

the

mean

while,

fhocked

by

LABfiLLA.

^g hardinefs

of

the

aft,

and

apprehending

omc

danger

to

his

own

life,

iripped

imfelf

f

bis

con--

Jular

rvhesj

and

fled

borne

in

difguife

where

be

began

to

fortify

is

boufcy

nd

keptbimfelf

lofe

ll

that

day

[^]

;

till

perceiving

he

pacific

onduft

of

the

confpirators,

e

recovered his

fpirits,

nd

appeared

again

the

next

morning

in

publick.

While

things

ere

in

this

fituation,

. Cor-elius

Cinna,

one

of

the

Praetors,

who

was

near-y

allied

to

Casfar,

made

a

fpeech

to

the

people

in

praife

f the

confpirators

extolling

heir

adt,

as

highly

meritorious,

and

exhorting

he

multi-ude

to

invite

them

down

from

the

Capitol,

nd

reward

them with the

honors

due

to

the deliver-rs

of

their

country

;

then

throwing

off

his

Pra^

torian

rohe^

he

declared,

that

he would

not

wear

it

any

longer,

s

being

bellowed

upon

him

by

a

tyrant

and

not

bytbe

laws. But the

next

day,

as

he

was

going

to

the

Senate,

ibme

of

Casfar's

Veteran

foldiers,

aving

gathered

mob of

the

fame

party,

attacked

him in

the

ftreets

with

yoUies

of

ftones,

and

drove

him

into

a

houfe,

which

they

were

goingprefendy

o

iet

on fire,

with

defign

o

have burnt him in

it,

if

Lepidus

had

not

come

to

his reicue with

a

body

of

re*

gular

troops

\j].

Lepidus

was

at

this

time

in

the

fuburbs

of

Rome

J

at

the

head of

an

army,

ready

o

depart

for

[^]

Qu tua

fa^?

quaeres

lia

fuga-^Iamtedomum

formido

prxdaro

illo

cue

?

JJrecepiftL

hil.

s.

35.

Vid.

qasepropterconrcientiamfce-ftDio.

.

259.

App.

502,503.

krum

defpentio

vitae

F^cniii^

r]

Plut.

in

Brot

App^

P-S04*


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CICERO.

0

for the

government

of

Spain^

hich

had

been

A.

Urb.

709.

afligned

o

him

by

Caefar,

with

a

part

of

GauL

coffi

*

In

the

night

therefore,

fter

Csefar's

death,

he

m.Antoni-

filled

the

Forum with his.

troops,

and

finding

s.

P.

Cor*

himfelf

fuperior

o

any

man

in

power,

began

to

^^^^^^

I^ -

think

of

making

Umfelf

Mafterof

the

City,

and

' * '-'-^-

taking

mmediate

revenge

on

the

Confpirators

but

being

a

weak

and vain

man,

Antony

eafily^di-

verted him

firom

that

defign,

nd

managed

him

to

his

own

views

:

'^

He

reprefented

he

hazard

'^

and

diAicuIty

f the

attenipt,

while

the

Senate,

*^

the

City,

and

all

Italy

ere

againft

them

;

*'

that

the

only

way

to

efi5 fthat

they

wiflied,

**

was

to

difiemble

their

real

purpofe

to recom-

^^

mend

pacific

ounfils,

nd

lulltheir adverfa^

^'

ries

alleep,

ill

they

had

provided

ftrength

^^

fufficient

o

opprefs

hem

;

and

that,

as

foon

*'

as

things

ere

ripe,

he

would

join

with

him

*f

very

heartily

n

avenging

Csiar's

death.

With

chefe

remonftrances he

pacified

im

;

and

to

render

their

union the

firmer,

and

to

humor

his

vanity

at

the

fame

time,

gave

ins

Daughter

in

marriage

to

Lepidufs

Son,

and

affifted

im

to

feize

he

High

Priejihoody

acant

by

Cxfar's

death,

without

any

r^ard

to

the

ordinary

orms of

e-

leAion

[d]. Having

thus

gained

Lepidus

into

his

meafures,

he

made

ufe

of

his

authority

nd

his

forces,

to

harals

and

terrify

he

oppofite

ar-y,

till

he

had driven the

Confpirators

ut

ot

the

City

:

and when

he

had

ierved his

purpoies

ith

him

at

home,

contrived

to

(end him

to

his

go*

vemment,

to

keep

the

Provinces

and

the

Com-anders

abroad

in

proper

refped

to

them

;

and

that,

by fitting

own

with

his

army

in

the

nearefl:

part

of

Gaul,

he

might

be

ready

for

any

event,

which Ihould

require

is

help

in

Italy.

Tut

M

Dw-

P

^9f

^So

57*

^*


12/426

lo

lie

Hi%r

OKY

of

the

Life

A;

Urb.

709.

Th

e

Confpirators

n the

mean

while

had

for-

^^*

p'

mcd

no

fchcmc,

beyond

he

death

of

Caefar

;

but

M. Anton

I-

^îêd

to

be

as

much

furprized

nd amazed

at

u8.

P

Cor.

what

they

had

done,

as

the

reftof

the

City

:

KELius

Do-

they

truded

intirely

o

the

integrity

f

their

LABiLLA.

^^f^

.

fencying,

hat

it

would

be

fuiEcient

of

itfelf

o

efFe i:

ll

that

theyexpeded

from

it,

and

draw

an

univerlal

concurrence

to

the

defence

of

their

common

Liberty

and

taking

it

for

gran-ed,

that

Caefar's

fate,

in

the

height

of

allhis

greatnefs,

ould deter

any

of

his Partifans

from

aiming

at

the

fame

power

:

they

placed

withal

a

great

confidence in Cicero's

authority,

f

which

they

aflured

themfelves

as

their

own,

and

were

not

difappointed

for

from

this

moment

he

refol-

ved

at

alladventures

to

fupport

he

credit

of

the

men,

and their

a b,

as

the

onely

means

leftof

recovering

the

Republic.

He

knew,

that

the

people

were

all

on

their

fide

%

and,

as

long

as

.fofx:e

as

removed,

that

they

were

Matters

of

the

City

:

his advice

therefore

was,

to

ufe

their

prefent

dvantage,

and

in

the conftemadon

of

Caciar's

party,

and the zeal and

union of

dieir

own,

^f?tf/

rutus

^ziri

Caffius,

as

Prators^Jhould

âll

the

Senate intothe

Capitol^

nd

procedeofome

vigorous

ecrees^

or

the

fecurity

f

the

public

ran-uillity

[e].

But

Brutus

was

for

mardiing

calm-

ly,

and

with all

due

refpeit

o

the

authority

f

the

Conful

;

and

having

conceived

hopes

of

An^

tony,

propofed

the

fending

deputation

o

bim^

to

exhort

him

to

meafures

of

peace

:

Cicero

remon-

ftrated

againft

it;

nor

would

be

prevailed

with

to

bear

a

part

in

it

:

he told them

plainly,

*

*'

that

[i]

Mcmintfti

me

clanare,

fid

potneruBt,

l^tantibus

om-

illo

ipfo

primo

Capitolino

nibus

bonis,

etiam

fat

bonis,

die,

Senatum

in

Capicolium

fraAis

latronibus?

Ad

Att.

aPrstoribusvocari?

Diiim-

14.10.

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13/426

LABILLA.

ofM.

tULLIVS

CICERO.

ii

**

that there

could

be

no

iafe

treaty

with

him

;

A.

Urb.

709,

*'

that

as

long

as

he

was

afraid of

them,

he

^q^^*

**

would

promife

every

thing

;

but,

when his

^^

antoni-

**

fears

were

over,

would

be

like

himfelf,

and

us.

P. Cor-

**

perform

nothing

fo

that

while

the

other

con-

f

^^

J^^*

^^

*'

fular

Senators

were

going

forwards

and

back-

''* '

*'

wards

in

this

officeof

mediation,

he

ftuckto

*'

his

point,

and

(laid

with

the

reft

in the

Ca-

^^

picol,

and

did

not

fee

Antony

for

the

two

firft

days

[/]/'

Th

I

event

confirmed what

Cicero

foretold

:

Antony

had

no

thoughts

f

peace

or

of

any

good

to

the

republic

his fble view

was,

to

feize

the

government

to

himfelf,

s

(oon

as

he

(hould

be

in

condition

to

do

it

i

and

then

on

pretence

of

revenging

Ca?far's

death,

to

deftroy

ll

thole^

who

were

likely

o

oppofe

him

: as

his

bufinefs

therefore

was,

to

gain

time

by

diflembling

nd

deceiving

he

Republican

arty

into

a

good

opi-ion

of him

i

lb

all his

anfwers

were

mild and

moderate;

profefling

fincere

inclinadon

to

peace,

and

no

other

defire,

than

to

fee

the Re-ublic

fettled

again

on

it's

old

bafis. Two

days

pafled

in

mutual

afliirances

from

both

fides,

^f

their

difpofition

o

concord and

amity;

and

Antony

fummoned

the Senate

on

the

third,

to

adjuft

he conditions

of

it,

and confirm

them

by

fome

folemn

aft. Here

Cicero,

as

the

bed

foun-ation

of

a

lafting

uiet,

moved the

aflfembly

a

the

firft

place,

after

the

example

of

Athens,

$0

^cree

a

general

amnefty^

r

d t

tf

oblivion^

or

all

that

was

pajfed

to

which

they

unanimoufly

-

greed.

[/]

Dicebam

illisIn Ca-

ac

timere defiifles,

imilem

te

pitolio

iberatoribus

noflrh,

futurum

tai.

Itaque

cum

cum

me

ad

te

ire

vellcnt,

ot

caeteri

Confulares

ircnt,

rc-

jul

defendendam

Rempab.

te

dirent,

in

fententia

manfi

:

adhortarer,

uoad

metaeres

neque

te

illo

die,

neque po-

iMmuatepromiffarum,

imol

ftero

vidi.Phii

2.

35.


14/426

LAEBLLA.

ifi

Tie

History

of

the

Life

A.

Urb.

709-

greed.

Antony

feemed

to

be

all

goodneis

,

talk*

^c

ff^

cd

of

nothing,

but

healing

eafures;

and,

for

M.

ANTONt-

a

proof

of

his

fincerity,

oved,

tbaUhe

Conjpi-

vs.

p.

Cor-

rotors

JhouU

he

invited^

o

take

pari

in their

deli^

r^^lY

^^

^^^^î^^^y

andfent

bis

Son

as

an

Hofiagefor

heir

fafety

upon

which

they

all

came

down

from

the

Capitol

iMid

Brutus

fupped

with

Lepidus

,

Caf*

fius

with

Antony

\

and

the

day

ended

to

the

uni-

veriaijoyoftheCity,

ho

imagined,

that

their

liberty

as

now

crowned

with

certain

peace

[^].

Th

ere

were

feveral

things

however

very

^tfullypropofed

nd

carried

by

Antony,

on

thie

pretence

of

public

concord,

of

which

he after-ards

nude

a

moft

pernicious

fe;

particularly,

^

decree

for

the

confirmation

f

all

Caefar's

a ts

:

this

motion

was

fufpefted

y

many,

who

ftuck

upon

itfor

fome

time,

and called

upon

Antony

to

explane

it,

and

fpeciiy

ow

far

it

was

to

ex-end

:

he

affured

them,

'*

that

no

other

afts

were

meant,

than

what

were

known

to

every

bo-

*

dy

;

and

entered

publicly

n

CaBfar*s

rîfter

*'

theyaflced,

f

any

perfons

eretobereftored

^'

from

exil

*,

he

faid,

one

only

and

no xnort

:

*

whether

any

immunides

were

granted

o

Ci-

*

ties

or

Countries

:

he

anfwered,

none

;

and,

^*

coniemed,

that

it

Ihould

pafs

with

a

reftri i-

^'

on,

[?]

Ia

4^0

tempIo

quan-

ros

ejus

cum

pneftantiffim

turn

in

me

futt,

jeci

fanda-

civibus

confirmata

eft

.Phil*

menta

pacts,

Athenienfium-

i.

i.

qae

renovavi

vetus

exem-

Qaae

fait

oratio

de

concor-

p]um

:

graecom

etiam

verbum

dia

?

tuus

p^rvulus

iliiu

ia

ufarpavi,

ûo

turn

in

(edan-

Capitoliam

te

taiffns

pacts

dis

difcordiii

erat

Q(a

civitas

obies

fait.

Quo

SenaCus

die

ilia,

atcôe

mnem

memoriam

laetior

?

quo

popolus

Roma*

difcordiaramoblivionefempi-

us?

turn

denique

liberati

ternadelendamcenfai.

Pne-

per

viros

fortifîi| M

ideba-

clara

turn

oratio

M.

Antonii,

mar,

quia,

at

iili

vpluerant,

egregia

tiam

voluntas

:

pax

liberutem

pax

{qqnebatar.

denique

per

eum

per

hbe-

Ib.13.

iif^Plotir.

a

firot.*^


15/426

tfM.

TULLIUS

CICERO.

13

*

on,

propofed

by

Ser*

Sulpicius

that

no

A.

Urb.

709;

**

grant,

which

was

to

take

plaoe

fter

the

Ides

^Q\p.'

**

of

Marcbj

ihould

be

ratified

[b]:*'

this

was

m.

Antoni-

generallythought

{o

reafonable,

and

Antony's

us.

P. Con-

ieeming

candor

had made

fuch

an

impreflion,

b^-^vs

Do-

tlmt thofc

who

faw

the

mifchicf

of

it,

durft

not

*'^ *'-^^-

venture

to

oppofe

it

:

efpecially

s

there

was a

precedent

or

it

in

the

cafe

of

Sylla;

and

as

it

was

fuppofed

o

relate

chiefly

o

the

veteran

fol-

diers,

whom it

was not

poffible

o

oblige,

oc

keep

in

good

humor,

without

confirming

the

privileges

nd

pofleiBons,

hich

Casiar had

gran-ed

to

them.

But

Brutus

and

his

friends

had

private

eafons

for

entertaining

better

opinion

of

Antony,

than

his outward

conduft would

ju-

ftify

Caeiar

had

ufed

him

roughly

on

fev^

occafions

[i]

;

and

they

knew

his

refentment

of

it

;

and

that

be

had been

engaged

itb

Trebonius,

on

CaBlar*s

laft

eturn

from

Spain,

in

a

defign

-

gain^

bis

lifr

and tho

he did

not

perform

that

engagement

;

yet

they

thought

it

an

obligation^

as

well

as

a

proof

of his

continuing

n

the

fame

mind,

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bad

not

difcovef-ed

t

:

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was

the

rcsSon

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tbeir

faring

biniy

wben

Cxfar

was

killed^

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of

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taking

im

ajide^

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pretence

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709-

U

T,

as

Cicero

often

laments,

they

had

aP

^Coff?

'^^y

ruined

their

caufe,

by givingAntony

lei-

M.

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^ '^

^

rccoUeft

himfelf,

and

gather

troops

a-

wi,

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bout

him,

by

which

he

forced upon them feve-

MLius

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ralother

decrees

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will

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of

them

LABiLirA.

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^

^^^

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foldiers^

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he

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drawn

up

for

that

purpofe

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arms

about the

Senate

[/]

;

and another

ftili

worfe,

for

the

al-owanc

if

public

uneral

o

Cafar

;

wbicb At-

ticus

bad

been

remonft

atify

againft

oth

to

Cicero

and

Brutusj

as

pernicious

o

the

peace

of

tbe

City

but it

was

too

late

to

prevent

it

;

Antony

was

refolved

upon

it

;

and

had

provided

all

diinjg

for

it,

as

the

bcft

opportunity

f

inflaming

he

ibldiers

and

the

populace,

nd

raifing

ome

com-otions

to

the

difadvantage

f

the

Republican

caufe

;

in

which

he

fucceded fo

well,

that

Bru-us

and Caflius

had

no

fmall

difficulty

o

defend

tbeir

lives

and

boufesrom

tbe

violence

of

bis

mob

[m].

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this

tumult,

Helvius

Cinna,

one

of

the

Tribuns,

and

a

particular

riendof

Cae ir,

was

torn

in

pieces

by

the rabble

;

bemg

miftaken

unluckily

or

the

Praetor

of

that

name,

who,

as

it

is iaid

above,

bad extolled

tbe

a^

of

killing

Cafar

in

a

fpeecbfrom

be

Roftra

this

to

alarm-d

all

thofe,

who

had

any

fimilitude of

name

with

any

of

the

Confpirators,

hat

Caius

Cafca,

another

Senator,

thought

fit

by

a

public

dver^

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fignify

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.

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of

the

Life

A.

Urb.

709.

a

party

unarmed,

and

purfuing

acific

ounltls^

Cic

65.

and

placing

all their cruft

and

fecurity

n

the

M

AM-^Ni-

^^^

^f

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calls

it

a

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of

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were

the

chief

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Jews

ieem

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a

confiderable

part

5

who,

out

of

hatred

to

Pompey,

for his

aiSront

o

their

City

and

Temple,

were

zealoufly

ttached

to

Csefar,

and,

above all the

other

Foreigners

n

Rome^

diftinguifhed

hemfelves,

by

the

expreffions

f

their

grief

for

his

death

*,

fo

as

to

fpcnd

whole

nights

t

bis

monutnentj

in

a

kind

of

religious

e^

votion

to

bis

memory

[y],

Th

IS

firfttaft

of

Antony's

perfidy

as a

dear

warning

to

the

Confpirators,

hat

littlereaibn

they

had

to

depend

upon

him

-,

or

to

expedt

ny

iafety

n the

City,

where he had the foverein

command,

without

a

guard

for

their

defence

which,

though

D.

Brutus

demanded

for

them^

they

could

not

obtain

:

whilft

Antony,

to

alarm

them

dill

the

more,

took

care

to

letthem

know,

that

the

foldiers

nd

the

populace

ere

Jo

enraged,

that

he

did

not

think

it

pojjibleor

any

of

them

to

he

fafe

[r].

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all

therefore

quitted

ome:

Trebonius ftole

away

privately

or

Afta,

to

take

pofiefiio

{f\

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quidem

liber-

ciTet

,

demonftrtvit

,

peffima

torum

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iii ddifliim.

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ciJe

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i

redle

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fe

neque

mihi

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been

aflSgned

o

him

;

being

afraid

of

being

pre-

Coff

'

vented

by

the

intrigues

f

Antony

:

D.

Brutus,

M.

ANToirt-

for

the

fame

reafon,

poflcfled

imfelf

of

/i ^

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s.

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Co -

pine

or

Italic

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had been conferred

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likewife

by

Carfar,

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to

ftrengdi-

^ *^*'^

en

himfelf

there

againft

ll

events,

and

by

his

neighbourhood

o

Rome^

to

encourage

and

pro-

teA

all

the

friends

of

liberty

M,

Brutus,

accom-

pani^

by

Odfius,

Hetired

to

one

of

his

villa^s

near

Lanuvium^

to

deliberateabout their future

conduft,

and

to

take

fuch

meafures,

as

the

acci-ents

of

the

times

and

the motions of

their

ene-^

mies (hould

make

neceflary.

Bu

T

as

ibon

as the

Confpirators

ere

gone,

Antrniy

refumed

his

Nbfk,

and

as

if

the

latevi-

-

olences

had

been

accidental

onely,

and the

fud-

den

tranfport

f

a

vile

mob,

profcfled

he lanic

moderation

as before,

and affeded

to

ipeak

with

the

grcateft

efpeft

f

Brutus

and

Camus

;

and

by

ieveral

ieafonable

adb,

propofed

y

him

to

the

Senate,

appeared

o

have

nothing

fo much

at

heart,

as

the

public

concord

:

among

other

decrees he offered

onej

which-

was

prepared

nd

drawn

up

by

himfelf,

o

dbolijhfor

ver

the

name

and

offiee

f

Diff^ton

this

ii^emed

to

be

a

fitf-e

pledge

f

his

g6od

intentions,

nd

gave

an

uni-

verfal

latisfeftion

o

the Senate

5

who

pafled

t,

as

it

were,

by

acclamation,

ithout

putting

it

even to

the

vote

;

and

decreed

the

thanks

of

the

houfe

for

it

to

Antony,

who,

as

Qcero

after-ards

told

him,

bad

fixed

n

indelible

nfamy

hy

it

M

Cafar^

in

declaring

o

the

worlds

that

for

the

odium

of

bis

government^

fuch

a

decree

was

^r-

come

botb

necejfary

nd

ppular

[j].

Vol.

III.

C Cicero

[i]

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uae

vim

rat,

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e

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uibi*

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regis

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bfede-

lit.

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ne

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LABILLA.

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109.

Cicero alfo

left

Rome

foon

after

Brutus

and

^c

ff^

Caflius

[/],

not a

littlemortified

to

fee

things

M.

Anton

I-

^^

^^

wrong

a

turn,

by

the

bdolcncc

of

their

vs^

P.

Cor-

friends

;

which gave him

frequent

ccsifion

to

wcLius

Do-

lay,

that

the Ides

of

M^rdti

bad

produced

notbingy

which

pleafed

imj

but

ibefaSl

f

the

day

;

wbicb

was

executed

indeed

with

manly

vigor

but

fup-

ported

by

cbtldijh

ounftls

].

As he

pafTed

hro*

the

country,

he

found

nothing

but mirth and

rejoicing

n

all

the

great

Towns,

on

the

account

of Casfar's

death

:

^Mt is

impoflible

o

exprefs,

**

fays

he,

what

joy

there is

every

where

:

how

**

all

people

flock

about

me

:

how

greedy

they

^^

are

to

hear

an

account

of

it

from

me

:

yet

what

ftrange

politics

o

we

purfue

?

What

a

**

folecifm

do

we

commit?

To

be

afraid

of

^*

diofe,

whom

we

have

fubdued;

to

defend

^^

his

ads,

for

whole

death

we

rejoice

to

fuffer

**

Tyranny

to

live,

when

the

Tyrant

is

killed

;

*^

and the

Republic

o

be

loft,

when

our

liber-

ty

is recovered

[x]/*

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quidem

dlzisnus

'n

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erbii

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autem

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luBc

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eft

a

te

r

mor-

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niam

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I.

13.

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tenerimr-

bem

a

parricidis

iderem,nee

tein

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nee

Cafiittm

tuto

efTe

pofTe,

eamqne

armis

oppref-

.

lam

ab

Antonio,

mihi

quoque

ipfi

efle

ezcedendttm

putavi.

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15.

^

[ ]

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tamen

adhuc

me

nihil

de1c bt

praeter

Idus

martias.

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Att.

14^

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itaqoe

tnlta

jam

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mar-

tiammeftconfolatio. Animis

enim

ufi fomut

Tirilibut;

confiUtty

mihi

crede,

pueri-

libus.

lb.

1$.

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[x]

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enim

noa

poteft

quantopere

gaodeant,

ut

ad

me

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given

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^'^

'

median^

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m.,Antori-

ftage^

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iavor

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the

public

libernr

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vs.

P. Con-

L,

Caffius,

he brother

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the

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nilius

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of

the

TribunSy

vas

received

with

infinite

c^

^abix-x-a.

clanuuions

upon

bis

entrance

into

the

Theater

[j;]

which

convinced him

onely

the

more

of

the

mi-

flake of

their

friends

in

fitting

till,

nd

trufting

to

the

merit

of

their

caufe,

while

their

enemies

were

ufing

all

arts

to

deftroy

hem. This

ge-eral

inclination,

hich

declared

itfelf

fb

freely

on

the fide

of

liberty,

bliged

Antony

to

aft

with

caution,

nd

as

far

as

poflible,

o

perfuade

the

City,

hat

he

was on

the

fame

fide

too

:

for

which

end he

did

another

thing

at

this

time both

prudent

and

popular,

in

putting

o

death the

Impojior

arius^

who

was

now

returned

to

Rome^

to

revenge,

as

he

gave

out,

the

death

of

his

kinfinan

Casfar:

where

fignalizing

imfelf

at

the

head of

the

mob,

he

was

the

chief

Incen-

diary

t

the

Funeral,

and

the

fubfcquent

iots,

and

threatened

nothing

lefs

than

deftruSion

o

the

whole Senate

:

but

Antony,

having

ferved his

main

purpofe

ith

him,

of

driving

rutus

and

the

reft

out

of

the

City,

ordered

him

to

befeized

andftrangledy

nd

bis

body

to

be

draggedhrough

the

Streets

[z]

:

which

gave

him

n-elh

credit

with the

Republicans

fo that

Brutus,

tc^ether

widi

Caflius

and

other

friends,

ad

a

perfonal

conference

ith

him

about

this

time,

which

pat

fed

to

mutual

iatisfaftion

a].

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prion

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lli,

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i- noftris

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re

nata

fus

eft.

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Urb.

709.

B

Y

thefe

arts

Antony

hoped

to

amufe

the

^C

ff'

Confpirators,

nd

induce

them

to

lay

afide

all

M. Aston

I-

vigorous

ounfils

;

e(pecially,

hat

he

moft

ap-

vs.

p.

Cor-

prehended,

that of

leavingItaly

and

feizing

wELiui

Do-

fome

provinces

broad,

furniflied

with

troops

LABBLLA.

^^^

mottcy

;

which

might

put

them

into

a

con-ition

to

aft

offenfively

with the

fame

view

he

wrote

an

artfiil

Letter

to

Cicero,

to

defire his

conient

to

the

reftoration

of

S.

Clodius,

he

chief

agent

of

P.

Clodius,

who

had been

feveral

years

in

baniihment,

for

outrages

committed

in the

City

\ chiefly

g?iinft

icero

himfelf,

n

whofe

account

he

was

condemned.

Antony,

by

his

marriage

ith

Fulvia,

the

widow

of

P.

Clodius,

became

the

proteftor

f

all that

femily,

nd

the

Tutor of

young

Publius,

her

fori

;

which

g^ve

him

a

decent

pretence

of

interefting

imfelf in

this

afiair.

He

aflfures

Cicero,

*'

that he had

**

procured

a

pardon

for

S.

Clodius

from

Cae-

'^

lar

\

but

did

not

intend

to

have

made ufe

of

'^

it,

till

he had

obtained

his

conient

;

and

thxf

^'

he

thought

himfelf

now

obliged

o

fupport

*

all

Caelar's

afts

5

yet

1^ would

not

infift

on

**

this

agsunft

is

leave

that

it

would be

*^

an

obligation

o

young

Publius,a

youth

of

the

greateft

opes,

o

lethim

fee,

that

Cicero

^^

did

not

extend his

revenge

to

his Father's

*'

friends

permit

me,

lays

he,

to

inftill

*

thefe

fentiments

into

the

boy

;

and

to

pcr-

^^

fuade his tender

mind,

that

quarrels

re not

*^

to

be

perpetuated

n

families

:

and

tho'

your

'*

condition,

I

know,

is

fuperipr

o

all

danger

;

*

yet

you

would

chufc,

I

fency,

o

enjoy

quiet

^^

and

honorable,

rather

than

a

turbulent

old

**

age

laftly,

have

a

fort

of

right

o

afk this

**

favor

of

you

;

fince

I

never

refuied

any

thing

to

you

:

if

I

do

not

however

prevail

ith

I

**

you


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ofM.

rULLIUS

CICERO.

%i

**

you,

I

will

not

grant

it

to

Clodius

;

that

you

A.

Urb.

709.

may

fee

how

great

your

authority

s

with

me

:

q^q'

(hew

yourfelf

he

more

placable

n

that

ac-

m.

Antoni-

count

[h]r

us.

P.

Cor.

Cicero

never

hefitated

about

giving

his

f^J;^y*

^'

confent,

to

what

Antony

could

and would

have

' ** *

'^

d$ne

witboui

it

:

the

thing

itfelf,

e

knew,

was

^^

fcandalous

;

and

the

pardon

faid

to

be

grant*

'

ed

by

C far,

a

forgery

and that

Caefar

**

would

never

have

done

it,

or

fuffered

it

to

be

'^

done;

and

ib

many

forgeries

f

that

kind

be-

**

gan

to

be

publiflied

very

day

from

Caefar*s

'^

books,

that he

was

almoit

tempted,

he

fays,

to

wifli

for

Casfar

again

[r].

He

anfwered

him

however

with

great

civility

,

and in

a

ftrain

of

complaiiance

which

correfponded

ut

little

with his real

opinion

of

the

man

:

but

Antony's

public

behaviour

had

merited

fbme

compli*

ments

:

and

under the

prefent

tate

of

his

pow-r,

and

the

uncertain

condition

of

their

own

party,

Cicero

refolved

to

obferve

all the

forms

of

an

old

acquaintance

ith

him

;

till

by

fome

wert

a l

againji

he

publicintcrefij

e

Jbould

be

forced

o

confider

im

as

an

enemy

\d].

C

3

Antony

.

[hi

Ad

Att.

14.

after

Let-

Antonto

facilHmum

me

pr

tertheigtlu

bai. Etenim

ilk,

qaoniam

[r]

Antonias

ad

me

fcrip-

femel

indaxit

in

animum

(ibi

fit

dt

reftitutione

S.

Clodii: licere

quod

vellet,

feciiTetni-

^am

horiorifice

quod

ad

me

hilo

minos

me

invito.

Ad

attinet,

ezipfius

itteriscog-

tt.

14.

19.

Bofces

quam Ufrolate,quam

[/\

Ego

tamen

Antonii

in*

turpitur,

quamque

ita

perni-

veteratam

fine

ulla

oflfenfione

eiofe,

ot

nonnunquam

etiam

araicitiam

retinere

fane

volo.

Csefar

defiderandiu

efTe

vide-

Ep.

fam.

1

6.

2

3

.

atur,

facile

eziftimabis

:

quae

Cui

quidem

ego

(emper

enim

Caefar

nunouam

neque

amicus

fai

antequam

i]lum

feciiTet^

eque

pa ua

tSkt,

ea

intellext

non

modo

apeite,

UBC ex

falfis

ejus

commen-

fedeciamlibentercumRjepabw

tarlis

profcruntor.

goautem

bellum

gerere.

Ib.

zi.

5.


24/426

LABELLA.

22

Tie

History

^

tie

Life

K

Urb.

709.

An

tony

made

him

but

a

cold

rq)Iy

,

ha-

^Coff

^ 8

h^^'d

perhaps,

n

the

mean

time,

of

fomc-

M.

Antoni-

thing

which

did

not

pleafe

im

in his

condud.

vs.

P. Cor-

He

told him

onely,

that bis

eafinefs

nd

ckmency

*iBiiu

Do-

^cff

azreeahU

to

btm^

and

tnigbihereafter

e

a

p^eat

pleafure

o

bimfelfe].

Cleopatra,

the

^een

of

Egy^^tj

asin

Rome

when

Cafar

was

killed

;

but

being

terri-ied

by

that

accident,

and

the

fubfequent

ifor-

ders

of

the

City,

(he

ran

away

prefently

ith

great

precipitation.

er

authority

nd

credit

with

Casfar,

in

whofe

houle

fhe

was

lodged

made

her

infolence intolerable

to

the Romans

\

whom

fhe

feems

to

have

treated

on

the

lame

foot with

her

own

Egyptians

as

the

fubjefts

f

ablblute

power,

and the

flaves

of

a

Mafter,

whom

fhe commanded. Cicero bad

a

conference

ith

her

in

Cafafs

gardens

where

the

baughtinefs

f

her behaviour

gave

him

nofmall

offence.

now-ng

his taft

and

character,

he

made

him the

promife

f

fome

prefent,

ery

agreeable,

ut

dif-

obliged

im

the

more

by

not

performing

t

:

he

does

not

tell

us

what

it

was

;

but

from

the

hints

which he

drops,

it

feems

to

have been

Jlatues

r

curiojities

rom

Egypt,

for

the

ornament

of

Us

Library

a

fort

of

furniture,

hich he

was

pe-uliarl

fond

of.

But her

pride

being

mortined

by

Ca^far's

fate,

fhe

was now

forced

to

apply

to

him

by

her Minifters

for

his

affiftancein

a

par-icular

fuit,

that fhe

was

recommending

to

the

Senate,

in

which he

refiifed

to

be

concerned,

.

The

aifFair

eems

to

have

related

to

her

Infant

Son^

whom

fhe

pretended

o

be

Casfar's,

nd

called

by

his

name

\

and

was

laboring

o

get

him

{i]

Antonlos

ad

me

tantnm

fibiefle

gratam,

mihi

mag*

de

Clodio

refcripfit,

eam

n

voluputi

ore.

AA

ktU

leoitatem

dementiam U

14.

19*


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26/426

24

^History

of

the

Life

A.

Urb.

709.

my

charafler

i

fo that

I

ftiould

not

fcruple

^C P'

*'

^^

proclame

them

from the Roftra.

Her

M.Antoni-

other

Agent,

Sara,

is

not

onely

a

rafcal,

ut

us.

P. Cor-

has

been

rude

to me.

I

never

faw him

at

my

KELius

Do-

Houfe but

once

5

and

when

I afked

him ci-

LABBLLA.

*

^jjjy^

j^^^

commands he had

for

me,

he

laid,

**

that*

he

came

to

look

for

Atticus.

As

to

the

pride

of

the

Queen,

when

I

faw

her

in

the

*'

Gardens,

lean

never

think of

it

without

re-

fentment:

1

will

have

nothing

therefore

to

**

do

with

them

:

they

take

me

to

have

neither

**

fpirit,

or

even

feeling

eft

[b]

AntoKy

haying

put

his affairs

into

thebeft

train

that

he

could,

and

appointed

the

firft

of

June

for

a

meeting

of

the

Senate,

in

order

to

deliberate

on

the

ftate

of

the

Republic,

ook

the

opportunity

f that interval

to

make

a

progrefs

thro*

Italyy

or

the

fake

of

vifiting

he

quarters

of the

veteran foldiers,

nd

engaging

them

to

his

fervice,

by

allfortsof

bribes

and

promifes.

He

leftthe

government

of the

City

to

Dolabel-

la,

whom

Csefar,

upon

his

intended

expedition

to

Partbiay

had

defigned

nd nominated

to

the

Confullhip

and

thoughAntony

had

protefted

againfl

that

delignation,

nd

refolved

to

ob -

ilruft

its

effeft,

et

after Ca^far's

death,

when

Dolabella,

fnolefla

^

Retinae

liiga

ihi

non eum

omnino

domi

mes

vidL

lefti.

[Ad

Att.

14.

8.3

de Cum

^i\offJftH

x eo

quae-

Regma

v^lim,

atque

etiam

de

rerem,

quid

opus

efiet,

tti

Caefare

illo.

[ib.

20.]

R^ffj-

am

fe

dixit

quaerere.

Su-

nam

odi.

Me

jure

facere (cit

perbiam

autem

ipfiusRegins,

fponfor

promiflbnim

ejus

cum

clTct

trans

Tibcrim in

Ammonius

}

quas

quidem

e-

hortis,

commemorare

fine

rant

^/AaAoyx,

Sc

dignitatis

agno

dolore

non

poflum.

meae,

ut

vel

in

condone di^

Nihil

igitur

um

ifils

nee

cere

auderegi,

Saram

autem

tarn

animura

me,

quam

vu;

paeterquam

quod

nefarium

ftomach^m

habere

^bitn^I^

nominem

cognovi,

praetcrca

tur.

K).

15. 15,

ijim9

9ontumaccm

Sexnel


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rULLIVS

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Dolabella,

by

the

advantage

f

the

general

on-

A.

Urb.

709,

fufion,

feized

he

enfigns

f

the

office^

nd

ajfumed

^J^

^'

the

hahit.and

charaSer

of

the

ConfuU

Antonyqui-

m.

Astoki.

etly

eceived^

nd

acknowledged

im

as

fucb

at

the

us.

P..Cor-

next

meeting

of

the Senate

[i

].

nelius

Do-

Cicero

had

always

kept

up

a

fair

corre-

^^*^^^^*

fpondence

ith

his

ion

in

law,

tho'

he

had

long

known

him

to

be

void

of

all

virtue

and

good

principles

but he had

now

greater

reafon

than

ever

for

infinua

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