Identifier: violetfairybook00lang (find matches)
Title: The violet fairy book
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill
Subjects: Folklore Fairy tales
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ndle it.And when the maiden appeared, clad in her white smock,flames of fire curled about her, and the Romans broughtsome torches, and some straw, and some shavings, andfires were kindled in Rome again. For three days she stood there, till every hearth inRome was alight, and then she was suffered to go whereshe would. But the emperor was wroth at the vengeance ofVirgilius, and threw him into prison, vowing that heshould be put to death. And when everything was readyhe was led out to the Viminal Hill, where he was to die. He went quietly with his guards, but the day washot, and on reaching his place of execution he beggedfor some water. A pail was brought, and he, crying Emperor, all hail! seek for me in Sicily, jumpedheadlong into the pail, and vanished from their sight. For some time we hear no more of Virgilius, or howhe made his peace with the emperor, but the next; eventin his history was his being sent for to the palace to givethe emperor advice how to guard Rome from foes within
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V1RGILIUS THE SORCERER 373 as well as foes without. Virgilius spent many days indeep thought, and at length invented a plan which wasknown to all as the Preservation of Rome. On the roof of the Capitol, which was the most famouspublic building in the city, he set up statues representingthe gods worshipped by every nation subject to Rome,and in the middle stood the god of Rome herself. Eachof the conquered gods held in its hand a bell, and if therewas even a thought of treason in any of the countriesits god turned its back upon the god of Rome and rang itsbell furiously, and the senators came hurrying to see whowas rebelling against the majesty of the empire. Thenthey made ready their armies, and marched against the foe. Now there was a country which had long felt bitterjealousy of Rome, and was anxious for some way ofbringing about its destruction. So the people chose threemen who could be trusted, and, loading them with money,sent them to Rome, bidding them to pretend that theywere d

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