![]() ![]() Virginius takes out the sword and cuts her head off.Īppius runs and hangs himself seeing the head but people come forward knowing of the plot and imprisons him. She falls back and when she wakes up she is ready to be dead. The daughter asks for some time to ponder over her death when, after a long speech, Reaching home, he explains to his daughter that he has only two options: to die or be shamed. Virginius daughter, therefore, is called to be taken as the ward of the court. Virginius is called upon to the court but was not given any chance to speak in his defense by the judge. ![]() He hires a churl, Claudius, to help him make his plan a success.Īppius, the judge, has the false churl, Claudius, accuse Virginius of keeping a young woman captive, pretending her to be his daughter. The judge decides to make her his by any means and has devil corrupt his heart. Once she was walking towards a temple with her mother and was noticed by the judge who governs the town. Being so beautiful she is so virtuous that ignores the event that might lead her to compromise her chastity. The Physician narrates the story of a wealthy knight, Virginius, who has a daughter so beautiful that, it is said, not even Pygmalian could create a one like her. ![]()
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