C. Fabritius and Emillius Consuls of Rome, beyng promised that king
Pyrrhus for a somme of money should be slayne (which was a notable
enemie to the Romaine state) aduertised Pyrrhus thereof by letters, and
of other notable thinges doen by the same Fabritius.
[_Source._--A. Gellius, _Noct. Att._ i. 14.
_Origin._--(?) Livy, _Epit._ xiii.
_Parallels._--I. _Ancient_: Plutarch _Pyrr._ 18, 19; _An seni sit_,
&c., 21; Cicero, _Pro Cœl._, 14, 24; _Brut._ 14, 55; 16, 61; _Phil._
i. 5, 11; _Cato_, vi. 16; Val. Max., viii. 13, 5; Sueton. _Tib._, 2;
Justin, 18, 2; Ovid, _Fasti_, xvi. 203.
_Painter_, I. i. 38; II. i. 36; III. i. 64; IV. i. 78.]