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Una interim vox: ‘Caede, ure, lacera; non feci. Si dictis tollitur fides, veniet dies, quae hoc crimen diligenter excutiat; habebo iudicem meum.’ Iam lassus tortor suspirabat in gemitum nec erat novo vulneri locus, iam victa saevitia corpus, quod laniarat, horrebat: extemplo ira excitus consularis: ‘Quid miramini,’ inquit, ‘circumstantes, si torqueri mavult mulier, quam perire? Adulterium certe sine duobus committi non potest et esse credibilius reor noxiam ream negare de scelere, quam innocentem iuvenem confiteri.’
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