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patres hi quos videtis iacebant in
limine1, matresque miserae pernoctabant ad ostium2 carceris
ab extremo conspectu liberum exclusae; quae nihil aliud
orabant nisi ut filiorum suorum postremum3 spiritum ore4
excipere liceret. aderat ianitor carceris, carnifex praetoris,
mors terrorque sociorum et civium Romanorum5, lictor
Sextius, cui ex omni6 gemitu doloreque certa merces comparabatur.
'Vt adeas, tantum dabis, ut cibum tibi7 intro
ferre liceat, tantum.' nemo recusabat. 'quid? ut
uno ictu8 securis adferam mortem filio tuo9, quid dabis?
ne diu crucietur, ne saepius feriatur, ne cum sensu doloris
aliquo spiritus auferatur10?' etiam ob hanc causam
pecunia lictori dabatur11.
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1 limine Rp rell., Iul. Sever.: limine ipso V
2 ante ostium V
3 postremum V: postremo RS: supremum pq: extremum δ
4 ore om. pk
5 Romanorum V, Quint. viii. 4, 27, Iul. Sever.: om. RSpδ (ii. ii, §6)
7 cibum tibi RSpδ: tibi cibum vestitumque V: cibum vestitumque (om. tibi) Quint. ix. 4, 7 l. 19 supra (Meusel, p. 25)
8 ictu om. RS al.
9 mortem filio tuo adferam V
10 ei auferatur V
11 lictori dabatur p Zielinski (p. 198): dabatur RS, datur Vδ (om. lictori)
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