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public_a revenue_n you_o may_v guess_v what_o a_o disturbance_n this_o must_v needs_o make_v among_o the_o senator_n and_o nobleman_n who_o it_o chief_o concern_v and_o what_o inconvenience_n will_v inevitable_o happen_v upon_o a_o redistribution_n of_o those_o land_n which_o have_v be_v so_o long_o consolidate_v with_o their_o own_o mer._n nothing_o methinks_v can_v be_v more_o unreasonable_a and_o unjust_a trau._n no_o matter_n sir_n for_o as_o i_o have_v see_v two_o door_n of_o a_o room_n so_o artificial_o contrive_v that_o the_o shut_n of_o one_o have_v at_o the_o same_o motion_n open_v the_o other_o so_o general_o wheresoever_o ambition_n enter_v justice_n immediate_o avoid_v the_o place_n and_o indeed_o haud_fw-la bene_fw-la conveniunt_fw-la gracchus_n therefore_o eager_o pursue_v dominion_n ut_fw-la qui_fw-la die_fw-la comitiorum_fw-la prorogari_fw-la sibi_fw-la vellet_fw-la imperium_fw-la put_v forward_o this_o agrarian_a law_n with_o great_a vehemency_n which_o when_o his_o colleague_n and_o another_o tribune_n of_o the_o people_n m._n octavius_n oppose_v without_o who_o consent_n nothing_o can_v be_v conclude_v nor_o law_n pass_v most_o contrary_a to_o all_o justice_n and_o law_n too_o gracchus_n by_o force_n and_o violence_n a_o thing_n before_o unheard_a of_o turn_v he_o out_o of_o his_o office_n have_v thus_o gain_v his_o point_n and_o ready_a to_o finish_v what_o he_o have_v so_o prosperous_o begin_v scipio_n nasica_n with_o the_o most_o worthy_a of_o the_o citizen_n and_o nobility_n cut_v he_o off_o and_o for_o a_o mark_n of_o ignominy_n fling_v his_o carcase_n into_o the_o river_n now_o as_o the_o same_o law_n be_v promote_v by_o his_o brother_n caius_n with_o this_o difference_n that_o he_o extend_v his_o insolence_n far_o defer_v the_o judgement_n of_o case_n which_o have_v be_v ever_o particular_a to_o the_o senate_n to_o the_o people_n and_o introduce_v the_o antiquate_a licinian_n law_n by_o which_o no_o citizen_n be_v to_o possess_v above_o 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