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sed quid ego
hospiti iura in hac immani belua commemoro? qui
Sthenium Thermitanum, hospitem suum, cuius domum per
hospitium exhausit et exinanivit, absentem in reos rettulerit,
causa indicta1 capite damnarit, ab eo nunc hospitiorum
iura atque officia quaeramus? cum homine enim2 crudeli
nobis res est an cum fera atque immani belua? te patris
lacrimae3 de innocentis fili periculo non movebant; cum
patrem domi reliquisses, filium tecum haberes, te neque
praesens filius de liberum caritate neque absens pater de
indulgentia patria commonebat?
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