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Sordida magorum dominatione oppressa Darius sex adiutoribus eiusdem dignitatis adsumptis pactum cum praeclari operis consortibus fecit ut equis insidentes solis ortu cursum in quendam locum dirigerent, isque regno potiretur, cuius equus in eo primus hinnisset. ceterum maximae mercedis con petitoribus fortunae beneficium expectantibus solus acumine equisonis sui Oebaris prosperum exoptatae rei effectum adsecutus est, qui in equae genitalem partem demissam manum, cum ad eum locum uentum esset, naribus equi admouit. quo odore inritatus ante omnes hinnitum edidit, auditoque eo sex reliqui summae potestatis candidati continuo equis delapsi, ut est mos Persarum, humi prostratis corporibus Darium regem salutauerunt. quantum imperium quam paruo interceptum est uaframento!
Valerius Maximus. Factorvm et Dictorvm Memorabilivm, Libri Novem. Karl Friedrich Kempf. Leipsig. Teubner. 1888. Keyboarding.
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