Magno scelere horum severitas ad exigendam vindictam concitata est, Egnatii autem Mecennii longe minore de causa, qui uxorem, quod vinum bibisset, fusti percussam interemit, idque factum non accusatore tantum sed etiam reprehensore caruit, unoquoque existimante optimo illam exemplo violatae Sobrietati poenas pependisse.
Their severity was roused to exact punishment by a heinous crime, that of Egnatius Mecennius, by a much slighter cause. He cudgelled his wife to death because she had drunk wine. His action found none to prosecute or even to reprehend it. All agreed that the penalty she paid to injured Sobriety was an excellent precedent.
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