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Again, the opposite case, that is to say,
when what is written is obviously contrary to tile
intention of the writer, occurred quite recently. A
man who had made a bequest of 5000 sesterces, on
altering his will erased the word sesterces and inserted
pounds of silver.1 But it was clear that he had meant
not 5000 but 5 pounds of silver, because the weight
of silver mentioned in the bequest was unparalleled
and incredible.
1 About 384 sesterces go to the pound of silver.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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