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conquiri Diodorum tota provincia iubet: ille ex Sicilia
iam castra commoverat et vasa collegerat. homo, ut aliquo
modo in provinciam illum revocaret, hanc excogitat rationem,
si haec ratio potius quam amentia nominanda est.
apponit de suis canibus quendam qui dicat se Diodorum
Melitensem rei capitalis reum velle facere. primo mirum
omnibus videri1 Diodorum reum, hominem quietissimum, ab
omni non modo facinoris verum etiam minimi errati suspicione
remotissimum; deinde esse perspicuum fieri omnia illa
propter argentum. iste non dubitat iubere nomen referri2,
et tum primum ut opinor3 istum absentis nomen recepisse.
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