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haec cum maxime loqueretur,
sex lictores circumsistunt valentissimi et ad pulsandos verberandosque
homines exercitatissimi, caedunt acerrime
virgis; denique proximus lictor, de quo iam saepe1 dixi,
Sextius, converso baculo2 oculos misero tundere vehementissime
coepit. itaque ille, cum sanguis os oculosque complesset,
concidit, cum illi nihilo minus iacenti latera tunderent,
ut aliquando spondere se diceret. sic ille adfectus3
illim4 tum pro mortuo sublatus perbrevi postea est mortuus.
iste autem homo Venerius, adfluens omni lepore ac venustate,
de bonis illius in aede Veneris argenteum Cupidinem
posuit. sic etiam fortunis hominum abutebatur ad nocturna
vota cupiditatum suarum.
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