When shall we there again behold him sit, When that blest day (quick may it come!) appears, * The king had been attacked by an alarming illness. } DRAMATIS PERSONE. CAIUS MARIUS. SYLLA. MARIUS Junior. GRANIUS. METELLUS. QUINTUS POMPEIUS. CINNA. SULPITIUS. ANCHARIUS, a Senator. PRIEST. APOTHECARY. Q. POMPEIUS'S SON. Guards, Lictors, Ruffians, &c. LAVINIA. NURSE. MARTHA, a Prophetess. THE HISTORY AND FALL OF CAIUS MARIUS. ACT I. SCENE I. [Within. Liberty! Liberty! Liberty! Marius and Sulpitius! Liberty! Liberty! Liberty! &c.] Enter METELLUS, ANTONIUS, CINNA, and Senators, Met. When will the tut'lar gods of Rome awake, That we may once more know each other; know In it's full bounds, nor did the nobles wrong, Cin. He was indeed A noble born; and still in Rome there are Most worthy patrons of her ancient honour; That bear down all authority before them, Met. Cinna, there Thou'st hit my mark: we are to ruin sold; The sturdiest drinker makes the ablest statesman, Never consulting who 'tis best deserves, But who feasts highest, to obtain their suffrage? A mighty vessel of Falernian wine Was brought into the forum, crown'd with wreaths The monster-people roar'd aloud for joy: In pomp, to grace the present he had made them. He at both ends tapp'd his butt, and got the consulship, That made him first most basely bribe the people |