adstruebamque meliora, quatenus in pectore viri iracundia materialiter regnans, quia naevo crudelitatis fuerat infecta, praetextu saltim severitatis emacularetur.
and I added a more favourable interpretation, suggesting that, since this tendency to anger so constitutionally inherent in the mans breast had been infected by an element of cruelty, it might be excused at least on the plea of stern rectitude.
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