This sentence against their bravest defender struck the senate with sorrow, consternation and regret.

Coriola'nus alone, in the midst of the tumult, seemed an unconcerned spectator.8.He returned home, followed by the lamentations of the most respectable senators and citizens, to take leave of his wife, his children, and his mother, Vetu'ria.

Thus, recommending all to the care of Heaven, he left the city, without followers or fortune, to take refuge with Tullus At'tius,[2] a man of great power among the _Volsci_, who took him under his protection, and espoused his quarrel.
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Some pretence was necessary to induce the Volsci to break the league which had been made with Rome; and, for this purpose, Tullus sent many of his citizens thither, apparently for the purpose of seeing some games at that time celebrating; but gave the senate private information, that the strangers had dangerous intentions of burning the city.10.This had the desired effect; the senate issued an order, that all strangers, whoever they were, should depart from Rome before sun-set.

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