The metamorphoses of Apuleius : a romance of the second century

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Plistoned agori es the hilerio every ord that Wassaidi the subject of ur adventure in orde that Imight bring o informatio as agreed upon, of the Various opinion eXpresseda disserent peopte relatingto the discovery an pursui os iis Pammow heres ore able to state sor a certainty that at the arguments and ad the reasoning on probabilities among the sentire

multitude brought them ever man unanimousi tomne common concluSion; namely that a certain Lucius, a

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and learn particulari the apariments hero Milo hopthis reasuro. ut the principat proos that they assignos his guili, and hold toto incontrovertibio, is that he

an he was accustome to ride He had a servant, Whom the magistrates, sine he was received with hismastor into Milo' house, considerinthe must neeeS- sardy be an accomplice, an able to bear testimonyagainst his, ast at ne into the publie prison, hencessi Mook him ut the nexi morsu and put hi toste torture. Nevertheless, although they tore earlyali ho flosi fro his bonos illi pincers, and torturedhim in various Ways id he was ali ut ead notis syllabis of the matto in question could they prevallupo the sellom to consess. Therosor the sorti illi dispalched a reat an messonger to disserent paris of this Lucius' native country, and have directed themto mali ali possibi inquiritis astor the crimina in orderto bring him to justice. 'Here the ro e concluded the narrative os his pro- ceedings to his companions, hil I, Tamin a com-

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218 LUCIUS' REFLECTIONS BOOK ΙΙ.

ste orid unde salse appearances besto the reputatio of the manis probi in the nefarious oer, and

the mos eruel caprice imaginable, transformed me into a dum animal the very lowest quadruped os alline ordor of creation, and after inflictingipo me amissortune that ould excite the pity of the osthardine ted ela on e th, o charge me illi a Crime, o meret bur artous obbery, ut actuallyparricide robbing tho hous of very dear orthy

pomer of ultering a Word in my Wn desenee, I Wasso verpoWered by impatienco a the do of thematiciolis imputatio goin abroad against me, and thesear, ere 'o acquiesce in the accusation, of havingliereas terrio suffer the ain f in evit conscience, stat

resolve no longe to ea sueti things aid of me

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the cruel Sage, nay, o the impudenee o Fortune; ich, no even contented With transformin me into an ras, ad actuali reduce me to the servile conditio of my W horsu's companioni o say the truth, While the bove reflections ere passin ium milad another stili more important consideration asini or Mihin me, illi regar to the sentence of duath passed upo me by the obbers, and WheneVer occasionali I ast a fide glance pon m flatas, my

ripped ome titubes in his armonis, an ta n out a tho an pieces of old, hicli ho ad concos lod

place in thoi ches for the common benefit Thisdone, e egan to malae particular inquiries relating

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to the prosperit of the and to hic the repliodis announcin the death of ome of thei bravest companions and informi nil, im of many the severe casualtio the had rudergone Hearing the bove intelligonoe, he earnesti recommended his brothren toleave tho ighWays in ea cocior a litile hile, and dosis altogether rom thei predato excursion tantila sufficient number of Oung, ne hand Were recruitsed, and thei martiat orce nee more completia

recenti made aequaintanee With a mos fuit te personage, in age quite a ovili, ut os extraordina Stature, an correspondin Strongili he had talkod tollim a good deat, a suid, and finali ha persuadod him o use the advintage of health While he Wayyet able, and instoad of lettin his stron arvis an clumsit athis sid0s in diensess, orae stret hed sortii submissivolyto as alms, omplo them sorthWith in the more manly

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so big, in saet, that, a sar a I could u e there Wasno a single robber among them asscio e compare tollam. In addition to his bulli, he was a fuli eadtaster than any one and et his chooks ad iij justbeguit be covered With a doWny beard. His clostes, consistin of disserent patellos of loth assi somnlogether, hardi covered more than half his muscularbody, hici here and there, spociali through renis

and fissures bout the reas und stomach, Seemedburstini om confinement. So oon asae entore thecaveae thus addresse the obbers: Hail to ou, brave gentiemen clients of the nobi Mars, no my