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LOLLINGDON DOWNS
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Lucius
So far we have, and yet I feel
The Empire is too wide a bow
For one land's strength.
Cotta
The stuff's good steel.
Lucius
Too great a strain may snap it though.
If we were ordered home. . . .
Cotta
Good Lord . . .
Lucius
If . . . Then our friends, the tribesmen there
Would have glad days.
Cotta
This town would flare
To warm old Foxfoot and his horde.
Lucius
We have not been forethoughtful here,
Pressing the men to fill the ranks
Centurions sweep the province clear.
