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[6] si in convivium venitur, quod quidem diebus profestis simile privato est, non ibi impolitam congeriem liventis argenti mensis cedentibus suspiriosus minister imponit; maximum tunc pondus in verbis est, quippe cum illic aut nulla narrentur aut seria, toreumatum peripetasmatumque modo conchyliata profertur supellex, modo byssina, cibi arte, non pretio placent, fercula ni tore, non pondere, scyphorum paterarumque raras oblationes facilius est ut accuset sitis quam recuset ebrietas. quid multis? videas ibi elegantiam Graecam abundantiam Galli-canam celeritatem Italam, publicam pompam privatam diligentiam regiam disciplinam, de luxu autem illo sabbatario narrationi meae supersedendum est, qui nec latentes potest latere personas.
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