Nam et ipse rex, et plurimi de plebe sive optimatibus, diligentes hanc vitam, et futuram non quaerentes, sive etiam non esse credentes, coeperunt fana quae derelicta erant, restaurare et adorare simulacra, quasi per haec possent a mortalitate defendi.
For both the king himself and number of the people as well as of the nobles, loving this present life and not seeking after the life to come, or even not believing any such life at all, began to renew their temples which stood desolate and to worship idols, as though they could thereby be protected from the mortal sickness.
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