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rei pecuniariae : pecuniary matters were the most usual object of a societas, which in such cases was called societas quaestus et lucri qui de eius scelere . . . qui goes with the first three verbs that follow ; its antecedent with the fourth.

parum, with cauti and providi

terret etiam, still keeps us in fear.

ornatus, ยง 8 fin. Note the concessive sense of the participle: though adorned.

flagitiis, disgraceful actions ; maleficium, crime, viz. the murder.

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