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In 1598, when the disturbances in Ireland occupied a considerable share of her attention, she translated Sallust's "De bello Jugurthino," also the greater part of Horace's "De Arte Poetica," and Plutarch's book, "De Curiositate," all of which were written in her own hand. But Elizabeth no longer took an interest in public concerns; her sun was setting, overshadowed by a dark cloud.
So ended a curious episode in Roman history, where it holds a place beyond its intrinsic importance, from the light which it throws on the character of the Senate and on the practical working of the institutions which the Gracchi had perished in unsuccessfully attempting to reform. "Urbem venalem, et mature perituram, si emptorem invenenit." Sallust, De Bello Jugurthino, c. 35.
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