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Pompeius autem cum hoc animo
sit ut, quicquid vobis placeat, sibi ferendum putet, quod vos
ferre non poteritis, id profecto perficiet ne diutius inviti
ferre cogamini. verum tamen cavet ut, si qua pecunia
post nos consules ex novis vectigalibus recipiatur, ea xviri
utantur. nova porro vectigalia videt ea fore quae Pompeius
adiunxerit. ita remissis manubiis vectigalibus eius
virtute partis se frui putat oportere.
parta sit pecunia, Quirites, xviris tanta quanta sit in
terris, nihil praetermissum sit, omnes urbes, agri, regna
denique, postremo etiam vectigalia vestra venierint, accesserint
in cumulum manubiae vestrorum imperatorum;
quantae et quam immanes divitiae xviris in tantis auctionibus,
tot iudiciis, tam infinita potestate rerum omnium
quaerantur videtis.
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