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But, I suppose in these matters alone had he this irrepressible and unbridled
covetousness; his other desires were restrained by some reason and moderation. To
how many noble virgins, to how many matrons do you think he offered violence in that
foul and obscene lieutenancy? In what town did he set his foot that he did not leave
more traces of his rapes and atrocities than he did of his arrival? But I will pass
over everything which can be denied; even those things which are most certain and
most evident I will omit; I will select one of his abominable deeds, in order that I
may the more easily at last arrive at Sicily, which has imposed the burden of this business on me.
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