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Ita legum praesidem civitatisque rectorem decet, quam diu potest,
verbis et his mollioribus ingenia curare, ut facienda
suadeat cupiditatemque honesti et aequi conciliet
animis faciatque vitiorum odium, pretium virtutium ;
transeat deinde ad tristiorem orationem, qua moneat
adhuc et exprobret ; novissime ad poenas et has
adhuc leves, revocabiles decurrat ; ultima supplicia
sceleribus ultimis ponat, ut nemo pereat, nisi quem
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perire etiam pereuntis intersit.
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