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quaero nunc abs te1, Hortensi, cum utrisne2 tandem istius
factum collaturus es? cum iis, credo, qui benignitate adducti
per beneficium et gratiam civitatibus concesserunt ut
nummos pro frumento darent. ita credo petisse ab isto
aratores ut, cum HS ternis tritici modium vendere non
possent, pro singulis modiis ternos denarios3 dare liceret.
an quoniam hoc non audes dicere, illuc confugies, vecturae
difficultate adductus ternos denarios dare maluisse?
cuius vecturae? quo ex loco in quem locum ne portarent?
Philomelio Ephesum? video quid inter annonam interesse
soleat, video quot dierum via sit, video Philomeliensibus
expedire, quanti Ephesi sit frumentum, dare4 potius in
Phrygia quam Ephesum portare aut ad emendum frumentum
Ephesum pecuniam et legatos mittere.
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