First Line: THE LICTORS BUNDL'D UP THEIR RODS: BESIDE Last Line: THEY MIGHT ESCAPE THE LASH OF PUNISHMENT. Subject(s): PUNISHMENT;
The Lictors bundl'd up their rods: beside, Knit them with knots (with much adoe unty'd) That if (unknitting) men wo'd yet repent, They might escape the lash of punishment.
