ipsae medius fidius mihi litterae saeculi nostri obstupescere videntur, cum ad tantam severitatem referendam ministerium accommodare coguntur, ac vereri ne non nostrae urbis acta commemorare existimentur: vix enim credibile est intra idem pomerium decem pondo argenti et invidiosum fuisse censum et inopiam haberi contemptissimam.
Upon my word, the very letters of our present epoch seem to me to be lost in amazement when they are required to lend their service to the recording of such severity and to fear that they may be thought to relate the proceedings of some other city than ours. For it is hard to believe that inside the same city limits ten pounds of silver was scandalous wealth and is considered contemptible indigence.
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