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six_o time_n consul_n 3._o c._n licinius_n calvus_n stolo_n 4._o q._n varius_n ibrida_n nor_o must_v we_o pass_v over_o in_o silence_n those_o who_o commit_v themselves_o what_o they_o condemn_v in_o other_o 1._o c._n licinius_n surname_v hoplomachus_n desire_v of_o the_o praetor_n that_o his_o father_n may_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o estate_n as_o one_o that_o consume_v it_o what_o he_o request_v he_o obtain_v but_o he_o himself_o in_o a_o short_a time_n after_o when_o the_o old-man_n be_v dead_a present_o waste_v a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n and_o several_a farm_n leave_v he_o by_o his_o father_n worthy_a that_o vicissitude_n of_o punishment_n as_o one_o that_o rather_o choose_v to_o consume_v his_o estate_n than_o take_v it_o as_o a_o heir_n 2._o c._n marius_n have_v act_v the_o part_n of_o a_o great_a and_o faithful_a citizen_n in_o ruine_v of_o l._n saturninus_n who_o hold_v forth_o a_o cap_n to_o the_o slave_n like_o a_o ensign_n invite_v they_o to_o take_v up_o arm_n but_o 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