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of a shield in a combat was punish'd with addition a /addition whipping that generaly ended in death, & could a Roman Consul Vanquish'd, a Prisoner & disputed by the Carthagenians for the change of Prisoners, show himself at Rome without trembling for that contempt which is worse than death to a Noble mind, no certainly, he had no method left to deface the Memory of his Shame than by some bold, heroic Actions, he took that part & oppos'd the exchange of Prisoners the Senate was ready to make; not was the danger he expos'd himself to certain by this conduct, the Carthagenians might for fear of reprisals have been deter'd from wrecking their vengeance on him, this action therefore abstracted from all