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Diutius
me morari hic patere, non ut blandum auribus tuis
(nec enim hic mihi mos est ; maluerim veris offendere
quam placere adulando) ; quid ergo est ? Praeter
id, quod bene factis dictisque tuis quam familiarissimum esse te cupio, ut, quod nunc natura et impetus
est, fiat iudicium, illud mecum considero multas
voces magnas, sed detestabiles, in vitam humanam
pervenisse celebresque vulgo ferri, ut illam :
" Oderint, dum metuant," cui Graecus versus similis
[p. 434]
est, qui se mortuo terram misceri ignibus iubet, et
alia huius notae.
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