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quid vero1? a Tissensibus, perparva ac tenui civitate,
sed2
aratoribus laboriosissimis frugalissimisque hominibus, nonne
plus lucri nomine eripitur quam quantum omnino frumenti3
exararant? ad quos tu decumanum Diognetum Venerium
misisti, novum genus publicani. cur hoc auctore non
Romae quoque4 servi publici ad vectigalia accedunt5? anno
secundo Tissenses HS xxi lucri dare coguntur inviti;
tertio anno xii mod.6 tritici lucri Diogneto Venerio dare
coacti sunt. hic Diognetus, qui ex publicis vectigalibus
tanta lucra facit, vicarium nullum habet, nihil omnino
peculi. vos etiam nunc dubitate, si potestis, utrum tantum
numerum tritici Venerius apparitor istius sibi acceperit an
huic exegerit.
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