et, quantum terrent, tantum metuentia regna ac furias auri nec vilia praemia fraudum et super haec ritu horrificos ac more ferarum viventes rapto populos luxuque solutum omne decus multaque oppressum nocte pudorem.
wicked kings, who themselves fear as much as they are feared, and the frenzy for gold, and the rich rewards of wickedness. I fled also from nations hateful in their customs and living by violence like wild beasts, where all honour is undermined by luxury, and where shame is buried in deep darkness.
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