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But what sort of conduct is this? The praetor came. Says
he, I must buy some corn of you. Very well. At a denarius for a modius I am much obliged to
you; you are very liberal, for I cannot get three sesterces for it. But I don't want the corn, I will take the money. I
had hoped, says the cultivator, that I should have touched the denarii; but if you must have money, consider what is the price of corn
now. I see it costs two sesterces. What money, then,
can be required of me for you, when the senate has allowed you four sesterces? Listen, now, to what he demands And I entreat you,
O judges, remark at the same time the equity of the praetor:
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