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date1 huic religioni aditum, pontifices:
iam nullum fortunis communibus exitum reperietis.
an si postem tenuerit pontifex et verba ad religionem
deorum immortalium composita ad perniciem civium transtulerit,
valebit in2 iniuria nomen sanctissimum religionis: si
tribunus plebis verbis non minus priscis et aeque3 sollemnibus
bona cuiuspiam4 consecrarit, non valebit? atqui C. Atinius
patrum memoria bona Q. Metelli, qui eum ex senatu censor
eiecerat, avi tui, Q. Metelle, et tui, P. Servili, et proavi tui,
P. Scipio, consecravit foculo posito in rostris adhibitoque
tibicine. quid tum? num ille furor tribuni plebis ductus
ex non nullis perveterum temporum exemplis fraudi Metello
fuit, summo illi et clarissimo viro?
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