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How great then
must we suppose the expectation of booty which he entertained to have been, when he
despised and scorned such vast present profit: acquired without the slightest
trouble. Thirdly, Minucius himself would never have wished to have them at such a
price, if you had been selling the tenths according to the Law of Hiero; but because
he saw that by your new edicts and most iniquitous resolutions he should get a good
deal more than tenths, on that account he advanced higher. But Apronius had always
even a good deal more permitted to him than you had announced in your edict. How
much gain then can we suppose was made by him to whom everything was permitted; when
that man was so willing to add so large a compliment, who would not have had the
same licence if he had bought the tenths?
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