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Of that the very words of the formula are a proof. What is the
formula in a trial before a judge? Direct severe, and simple; “if it be plain
that fifty thousand sesterces ought to be paid.”
Unless he makes it plain that fifty thousand sesterces to a
single farthing are due to him, he loses his cause. What is the formula in a cause
brought before an arbiter? “That whatever is just and right shall be
given.” But that man confesses that he is asking more than is owed to him, but
that he will be satisfied and more than satisfied with what is given him by the arbiter.
Therefore the one has confidence in his case, the other distrusts his.
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