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All these things Quinctius did by the advice and at the instigation of Naevius: nor is
there anything strange in his adopting the advice of the man whose assistance he thought
at his service. For not only had he promised it in Gaul, but every day he kept on saying at Rome that he would pay the money as soon as he gave him a hint to do so.
Quinctius moreover saw that he was able to do so. He knew that he ought; he did not
think that he was telling lies, because there was no reason why he should tell lies. He
arranged, therefore, that he would pay the Scapulae as if he had the money at home. He
gives Naevius notice of it, and asks him to provide for the payment as he had said he
would.
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