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quam ob rem si est boni consulis,
cum cuncta auxilia rei publicae labefactari convellique
videat, ferre opem patriae, succurrere saluti fortunisque
communibus, implorare civium fidem, suam salutem
posteriorem salute communi ducere, est etiam bonorum et
fortium civium, quales vos omnibus rei publicae temporibus
exstitistis, intercludere omnis seditionum vias, munire
praesidia rei publicae, summum in consulibus imperium,
summum in senatu consilium putare; ea qui secutus sit,
laude potius et honore quam poena et supplicio dignum
iudicare.
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