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SCENE THE THIRD.
Appius.Ap.
He is too much a Roman. Appius
Himself might fear, if Rome within her walls
Had many such as he. But two, no more,
Two are the Romans worthy of my hatred:
And one is aged, and he is a father;
Strong fetters these: his own rash insolence
Shall be the engine of the other's ruin.
To make him victim of his headstrong passion
Shall be my project ... But who do I see?
Behold Virginia and her mother come
Amid the people's tears. I now must try
Or to intimidate, or to seduce them.
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