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cum haec essent ita1 constituta, Verres tot annis atque
adeo saeculis tot inventus est qui haec non commutaret
sed everteret2, eaque quae iam diu ad salutem sociorum
utilitatemque3 rei publicae composita comparataque essent
ad suos improbissimos quaestus converteret; qui primum
certos instituerit4 nomine decumanos, re vera ministros ac
satellites cupiditatum suarum, per quos ostendam sic provinciam
per triennium vexatam atque vastatam, iudices, ut
eam multis annis multorum innocentia sapientiaque recreare
nequeamus.
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