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nam in ceteris rebus
cum venit calamitas, tum detrimentum accipitur; at in
vectigalibus non solum adventus mali sed etiam metus ipse
adfert calamitatem. nam cum hostium copiae non longe
absunt, etiam si inruptio nulla facta est, tamen pecua1 relinquuntur2,
agri cultura deseritur, mercatorum navigatio conquiescit.
ita neque ex portu neque ex decumis neque ex
scriptura vectigal conservari potest; qua re saepe totius anni
fructus uno rumore periculi atque uno belli terrore amittitur.
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