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For it is written: “if any man shall cause to be
killed,” and you will have caused, because it is you who have granted
the licence implied in your decree. Therefore if, when the event has happened,
we let you and your friends go free, we shall be living in the society of the
unholy, and on the other hand, if we prosecute, we shall be constrained to act
in opposition to our own resolution.—Gentlemen, is it a trifling or a
casual reason that you have for annulling this decree?
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