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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