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videte nunc maiorum sapientiam1,
qui cum Siciliam tam opportunum subsidium belli
atque pacis ad rem publicam adiunxissent, tanta cura
Siculos tueri ac retinere voluerunt ut non modo eorum
agris vectigal novum nullum imponerent, sed ne legem
quidem venditionis decumarum neve2 vendundi aut tempus
aut locum commutarent, ut certo tempore anni, ut ibidem
in Sicilia, denique ut lege Hieronica venderent. voluerunt
eos in suis rebus ipsos interesse, eorumque animos non
modo lege nova sed ne nomine quidem legis novo3 commoveri.
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