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But now, from the agreements made with the people of Hybla, which were made with
the farmer Cnaeus Sergius, you will perceive that six times as much corn as was sown
was exacted of the cultivators Read the accounts of the sowings and the agreements,
extracted from the public registers. Read. [The agreements of the people of Hybla
with Cnaeus Sergius, extracted out of the public registers, are read.] Listen also
to the returns of the sowings, and the agreements of the men of Mena with that slave of Venus. Read them out of the
public registers. [The returns of the Sowings, arid the agreements of the Menans
with the servant of Venus, extracted from the public registers, are read.] Will you,
O judges, endure that a great deal more than has been produced should be exacted
from our allies, from the cultivators of the domain of the Roman people, from those
who are labouring for you, are in your service, who are so eager that the Roman
people should be fed by them, that they only retain for themselves and their
children enough for their actual subsistence, and should be exacted too with the
greatest violence, and the most bitter insults?
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