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But, absent Aulus, nations, late subdued,
Revolt. Then all whom take crude Roman soldiers,
They kill. And Geta caused, to be proclaimed,
Amongst the tribes, in Britain's Roman pale,
Briton, with whom found weapon, might be sold.
And may of any, in flight, (without recourse,)
Be slain. Who hideth an enemy, in his house,
By forfeiture, should be punished, of his goods:
And, in what field is found a Roman slain;
Three Britons shall be crucified, for the dead:
But, and the homicide were not known, three Britons
Being taken, by lot, of who next dwell, shall there
Those, for him, die. Given this third year of Claudius.
Revolt. Then all whom take crude Roman soldiers,
They kill. And Geta caused, to be proclaimed,
Amongst the tribes, in Britain's Roman pale,
Briton, with whom found weapon, might be sold.
And may of any, in flight, (without recourse,)
Be slain. Who hideth an enemy, in his house,
By forfeiture, should be punished, of his goods:
And, in what field is found a Roman slain;
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But, and the homicide were not known, three Britons
Being taken, by lot, of who next dwell, shall there
Those, for him, die. Given this third year of Claudius.
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