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(14) on account of the greatness of their debts, & all good men wishing it, they compounded & paid five shillings in the pounds. These same [[deletion]] Poe [[/deletion]] People have often been moved either by the desire of governing, or ^ [[addition]] been driven to arms [[/addition]] by the pride of the magistrates, to leave the Fathers. But we neither desire command, nor riches; which have always been the causes, of wars & of strifes among men; but liberty, which no good man can lopse, unless with his life. We beseech You & the Senate that You will take into Your consideration the case of us miserable Citizens; that You will restore the protection of the laws, which the wickedness of the Prætors has taken away; nor lay us under the necessity, of seeking to loose our lives in way the most expensive to those who have ^ [[addition]] shed our blood. [[/addition]]
