Stabant candidati ante curulem principis ut ipse ante consulis steterat, adigebanturque in verba in quae paulo ante ipse iuraverat princeps, qui tantum putat esse in iure iurando, ut illud et ab aliis exigat.
The candidates stood before the princes chair, as he had previously stood himself before the consuls, and were directed to take the oath in the same words as their prince had recently used'for he believes the act of swearing so important that he expects everyone to do as he did.
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