at nunc narraturo mihi vitam defuncti hominis venia opus fuit, quam non petissem incusaturus: tam saeva et infesta virtutibus tempora so harsh was the spirit of the age, so cynical towards virtue.
but in these times, even though I was about to write the life of a man who was already dead, I had to seek permission which I should not have needed, had invective been my purpose;
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