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was in one respect still more important; because he also lent money at usury to
those who were purchasing anything of the praetor. And this usury, O judges, was
such that even the profit from the other transactions was inferior to the gain
obtained by it. For the money which he entered as paid to those with whom he was
dealing, he entered also under the name of Verres's secretary, or of Timarchides, or
even under Verres's own name, as received from them. And besides that, he lent other
large sums belonging to Verres, of which he made no entry at all, in his own name.
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