Ille, Ego vero, inquit, ut aiunt post principia in castris, id est ab his temporibus quam superioribus, quod ex pavonibus fructus capiuntur maiores quam e gallinis.
Personally, he replied, if I may use a military figure, I should like you to begin post principia, that is, with the present rather than the former times, as larger returns are had from peafowl than from chickens.
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