quae quidam triumviratus accenderat conpetitorum, quorum hic antiquam natalium praerogativam reliqua destitutus morum dote ructabat, hic per fragores parasiticos culinarum suffragio comparatos Apicianis plausibus ingerebatur, hic, apice votivo si potiretur, tacita pactione promiserat ecclesiastica plosoribus suis praedae praedia fore.
These discussions had been kindled by a triumvirate of rival candidates, of whom one kept prating about the prior claim of his ancient lineage although bankrupt on the moral side; the second, having secured the noisy approval of parasites with the help of his kitchens, was pressing his pretensions amid gourmets plaudits; the third had undertaken in secret bargaining that, if he won the coveted dignity, the church lands should be the plunder of his partisans.
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