[5] nunc victi id est voti impotes: nam quo modo 'victores' dicimus voti compotes, qui quod volunt faciunt, sic 'victos' e con- trario voti impotes, qui non possunt facere quod volunt. ceterum quomodo victi sunt Mantuani, qui nec bella gesserunt? et 'tristes' ideo, quia dixit 'nunc victi'. fors omnia versat id est instabilis est. et nisi hoc ad personam rusticam redigas, aspere contra Augu- stum dictum est, cuius felicitatem, sicut omnia, dicit posse mutari.
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