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M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 2, line 67 (search)
ew wide and freed the slaves. ' Forth rushed the murderous bands, their melted chains ' Forged into weapons for his ruffian needs. ' No charge he gave to mere recruits in guilt ' Who brought not to the camp some proof of crime. ' How dread that day when conquering Marius seized ' The city's ramparts! with what fated speed ' Death strode upon his victims! plebs alike These lines are quoted by Holinshed in his 'Chronicles' as descriptive of the horrors of a Scottish inroad which took place in 1296. ' And nobles perished; far and near the sword ' Struck at his pleasure, till the temple floors 'Ran wet with slaughter and the crimson stream ' Befouled with slippery gore the holy walls. ' No age found pity: men of failing years, ' Just tottering to the grave, were hurled to death; ' From infants, in their being's earliest dawn,See Ben Jonson's 'Catiline,' Act i., scene 1, speaking of the Sullan massacre. Cethegus. Not infants in the porch of life were free. Catiline. 'Twas crime enough