"In contrast to this poignant group of death and lamentation, the trio of
figures at the right - Bruto, Lucrezio's father Lucrezio, and Valerio -
is charged with a virile unity of moral purpose that is
physically expressed by the tautness of outstretched arms and legs and by
the assertive upward thrust of the blood-stained dagger."
It is Bruto who
speaks:
"By this blood, most chaste until a prince wronged it,
I
swear,
and I take you, gods,
and I take you, gods,
to witness, that I will pursue
Lucio
Tarquinio Superbo and his wicked wife and children, with
sword, with fire, aye with whatsoever violence I may; and that
I will suffer neither them nor any other to be king in Rome."
Tarquinio Superbo and his wicked wife and children, with
sword, with fire, aye with whatsoever violence I may; and that
I will suffer neither them nor any other to be king in Rome."
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