Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Vol. 5: Englished by Sir Thomas North (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Vol. 5: Englished by Sir Thomas NorthAt what time Sylla was made Lord of all, he would have had Cæsar put away his wife Cornelia, the daughter of Cinna Dictator: but when he saw, he could neither with any promise nor threate bring him to it, he tooke her joynter away from him. The cause of Cæsars ill will unto Sylla, was by meanes of mariage: for Marius thelder, maried his fathers own sister, by whom he had Marius the younger, whereby Cæsar and he were cosin germaines. Sylla being troubled in waightie matters, putting to death so many of his enemies, when he came to be conqueror, he made no reckoning of Cæsar: but he was not contented to be hidden in safety, but came and made sute unto the people for the Priesthoodshippe that was voyde, when he had scant any heare on his face. Howbeit he was repulsed by Syllaes meanes, that secretly was against him. Who, when he was determined to have killed him, some of his frendes told him, that it was to no purpose to put so young a boy as he to death. But Sylla told them againe, that they did not consider that there were many Marians in that young boy. Cæsar understanding that, stale out of Rome, and hidde him selfe a long time in the contrie of the Sabines, wandring still from place to place. But one day being caried from house to house, he fell into the handes of Syllaes souldiers, who searched all those places, and tooke them whom they found hidden. Cæsar bribed the Captaine, whose name was Cornelius, with two talentes which he gave him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.