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indigne passus virginem occidit. accusatur. intentio
est: ‘iniuria sororem occidisti.’ depulsio est: ‘iure
occidi.’ quaestio est: iurene occiderit? ratio est: ‘illa
enim hostium mortem lugebat, fratrum neglegebat;
me et populum Romanum vicisse moleste ferebat.’
infirmatio est: ‘tamen a fratre indamnatam necari
non oportuit.’ ex quo iudicatio fit: cum Horatia fra-
trum mortem neglegeret, hostium lugeret, fratris et
populi Romani victoria non gauderet, oportueritne
eam a fratre indamnatam necari?
Hoc in genere causae primum, si quid ex ceteris
dabitur constitutionibus, sumi oportebit, sicuti in com-
paratione praeceptum est; postea, si qua facultas erit,
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