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Excerpt from Livy's History of Rome, Vol. 2: The First Five Books Of hir fader, was weddit with ane 301mg man, richt vale3eant and of provin vertewe, namyt Icelius, ane man of lynnage tribuniciane. Appius, enragit with blynd desire of luste, Assail3eit mony wayis be his riches and gudis to haue his 5 plesere 1 of bis Virgine, for scho was of maist pleasand bewtie. At last, seand hir gardit with sic constance, drede and honeste, bat euery place was closit fra his persute, he sett him be maist terribil cruell violence to bring his cursit purpois to effect; in be mene tyme gaif be charge of bis wikkit besines to M. Io Claudius his servand, Commanding him to clame bis virginea as his servand, and to gif na place to be aduocatis of bis virginea, how beit bai desirit be privilegis2 of lawis namyt vindicie to be pronuncit for hir liberte; bat is to say, to consent nocht bat scho reiose possede hir liberte within be ryme bat scho was clamit 15 of servitude, Beleving sen be fader of bis virginea was absent, be place mare patent to Iniure. Als sone as bis Virginea was cummand to be merket, quhare commoun sculis 3 war devisit for eruditioun of 3oung persouns, This m.' Claudius laid his hand I on hir, and clamit hir, sayand scho was his servand and borne p. 292. 20 of his servand, Commanding hir barefore to follow him as hir maister, with certificatioun gif scho war rebelland he wald tak hir perforce. Virginea beaud richt efi'rayit, hir nuriis gaif ane lamentabil cry, requiring be quiritis and romane pepill to cum to hir supporte. Incontinent gaderit grete multitude of pepill, 25 sic as favorit baith Virgineus hir fader and Icelius hir spous. The favour bat be pepil had to hir freyndis, togiddir with bis odius cruelte attemptit aganis hir tendir Innocence, persuadit bame be more haistelie to cum to hit support. Now was Vir ginea deliuerit of all dedelie violence, quheh m[arcus] Claudius 30 allegit It was nocht nedefull to rail} ony multitude of pepill to be persute of bis mater, for he wald nocht seik hir perforce, bot only be procefs and ordoure of law. Incontinent he summond hir to Iugement. Als sone as scho was brocht afore Appius, comperit m. Claudius, clamand hir as his servand afore be same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.