Tum iussa Messalinae praetendi et labare defensio: cur enim neminem alium delectum, qui saevienti impudicae vocem praeberet? Puniendos rerum atrocium ministros, ubi pretia scelerum adepti scelera ipsa aliis delegent.
Orders from Messalina were now alleged, and the defence began to totter:'For why had none other been chosen to put his voice at the disposal of that homicidal wanton? Punishment must be measured out to these agents of atrocity, when, after handling the wages of crime, they imputed the crime to others.
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