Ita primo concursatio et preces, dein strepere praetoris tribunal, eaque quae remedio quaesita, venditio et emptio, in contrarium mutari, quia faeneratores omnem pecuniam mercandis agris condiderant.
Thus, at first there were hurryings to and fro, and appeals for mercy; then a hum of activity in the praetors court; and the very scheme which had been devised as a remedy'the sale and purchase of estates'began to operate with the contrary effect, since the usurers had withdrawn their capital from circulation in order to buy land.
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