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A nobis multos obsides habet populus Romanus,
quos ut incolumis conservare, tueri, confirmare ac recuperare1
possimus, omni ratione erit dimicandum. habet
honorem quem petimus, habet spem quam propositam
nobis habemus, habet existimationem multo sudore labore
vigiliisque collectam, ut, si in hac causa nostrum officium
ac diligentiam2 probaverimus, haec quae dixi retinere per
populum Romanum incolumia ac salva possimus; si tantulum
offensum titubatumque sit, ut ea quae singillatim ac
diu collecta sunt uno tempore universa perdamus.
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