§1.59.1Brutus illis luctu occupatis cultrum ex vulnere Lucretiae extractum manantem cruore prae se tenens, “per hunc” inquit “castissimum ante regiam iniuriam sanguinem iuro vosque, dii, testes facio me L. Tarquinium Superbum cum scelerata coniuge et omni liberorum stirpe ferro, igni, quacumque dehinc vi possim, exacturum nec illos nec alium quemquam regnare Romae passurum. ” §1.59.2cultrum deinde Collatino tradit, inde Lucretio ac Valerio, stupentibus miraculo rei, unde novum in Bruti pectore ingenium.
Brutus, while they were overwhelmed with grief, holding before him the knife drawn from Lucretia's wound and dripping with blood, said: "By this blood, most chaste before the royal outrage, I swear, and I make you, O gods, my witnesses, that I will drive out Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, with his wicked wife and all his offspring, by sword, by fire, and by whatever force I henceforth can, and that I will suffer neither them nor anyone else to reign at Rome." Then he hands the knife to Collatinus, next to Lucretius and Valerius, who were amazed at the strangeness of the matter, wondering whence this new spirit had arisen in the breast of Brutus.
ut praeceptum erat, iurant; totique ab luctu versi in iram, Brutum iam inde ad expugnandum regnum vocantem sequuntur ducem.
As they had been directed, they swear; and all turning from grief to wrath, they follow Brutus as their leader, who was already calling them to overthrow the kingdom.
§1.59.3elatum domo Lucretiae corpus in forum deferunt concientque miraculo, ut fit, rei novae atque indignitate homines.
They carry the body of Lucretia, brought out of the house, into the forum, and assemble the people, as usually happens, through wonder at the novel occurrence and through indignation.
§1.59.4pro se quisque scelus regium ac vim queruntur.
Each for his part complains of the royal wickedness and violence.
movet cum patris maestitia, tum Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum auctorque, quod viros, quod Romanos deceret, arma capiendi adversus hostilia ausos.
They are moved not only by the father's grief, but still more by Brutus, who chastised their tears and useless complaints, and was the author of taking up arms against those who had dared hostile deeds, as became men, as became Romans.
§1.59.5ferocissimus quisque iuvenum cum armis voluntarius adest; sequitur et cetera iuventus.
All the most spirited of the young men attend voluntarily with arms; the rest of the youth follow also.
inde parte praesidio relicta Collatiae custodibusque ad portas locatis, ne quis eum motum regibus nuntiaret, ceteri armati duce Bruto Romam profecti.
Then, a part having been left at Collatia for a garrison, and guards placed at the gates, so that no one might report that movement to the kings, the rest, armed, set out for Rome under the leadership of Brutus.
§1.59.6ubi eo ventum est, quacumque incedit armata multitude, pavorem ac tumultum facit; rursus ubi anteire primores civitatis vident, quidquid sit, haud temere esse rentur.
When they arrived there, wherever the armed multitude advances, it causes terror and confusion; on the other hand, when they see the leading men of the state going in front, they think that whatever it may be, it is not without good reason.
§1.59.7nec minorem motum animorum Romae tam atrox res facit, quam Collatiae fecerat.
Nor did so dreadful an occurrence cause less excitement of minds at Rome than it had done at Collatia.
ergo ex omnibus locis urbis in forum curritur.
Therefore, from all parts of the city they run to the forum.
quo simul ventum est, praeco ad tribunum celerum, in quo tum magistratu forte Brutus erat, populum advocavit.
As soon as they arrived there, the herald summoned the people to the Tribune of the Celeres, in which office Brutus happened then to be.
ibi oratio habita nequaquam eius pectoris ingeniique, §1.59.8quod simulatum ad eam diem fuerat, de vi ac libidine Sex. Tarquinii, de stupro infando Lucretiae et miserabili caede, de orbitate Tricipitini, cui morte filiae causa mortis indignior ac miserabilior esset.
There a speech was delivered by no means of that character and disposition which had been feigned up to that day, concerning the violence and lust of Sextus Tarquinius, the unspeakable rape and miserable death of Lucretia, and the childlessness of Tricipitinus, to whom the cause of his daughter's death was more unworthy and miserable than her death itself.
§1.59.9addita superbia ipsius regis miseriaeque et labores plebis in fossas cloacasque exhauriendas demersae; Romanos homines, victores omnium circa populorum, opifices ac lapicidas pro bellatoribus factos.
Added to this was the haughtiness of the king himself, and the miseries and labors of the plebeians, sunk in clearing out ditches and sewers; that Roman men, the conquerors of all the surrounding nations, had been made artisans and stone-cutters instead of warriors.
indigna Servi Tulli regis memorata caedis et invecta corpori patris nefando vehiculo filia, invocatique ultores parentum dii.
The unworthy murder of King Servius Tullius was mentioned, and his daughter who had driven over her father's body in her cursed vehicle, and the gods, the avengers of parents, were invoked.
§1.59.10his atrocioribusque, credo, aliis, quae praesens rerum indignitas haudquaquam relatu scriptoribus facilia subicit, memoratis incensam multitudinem perpulit, ut imperium regi abrogaret exulesque esse iuberet L. Tarquinium cum coniuge ac liberis.
By reciting these and, I believe, other still more shocking facts, which the immediate indignity of the situation suggests, by no means easy for writers to relate, he incited the inflamed multitude to strip the king of his power, and to order Lucius Tarquinius, with his wife and children, to be exiled.
§1.59.11ipse iunioribus, qui ultro nomina dabant, lectis armatisque ad concitandum inde adversus regem exercitum Ardeam in castra est profectus; imperium in urbe Lucretio, praefecto urbis iam ante ab rege instituto, relinquit.
He himself, having enrolled and armed the younger men who voluntarily gave in their names, set out for the camp at Ardea to stir up the army there against the king; the command in the city he left to Lucretius, who had been previously appointed prefect of the city by the king.
§1.59.12inter hunc tumultum Tullia domo profugit exsecrantibus, quacumque incedebat, invocantibusque parentum furias viris mulieribusque.
Amidst this tumult Tullia fled from her house, with both men and women cursing her wherever she went, and invoking the furies of her parents upon her.