MANLIUS.
Hel andet. Hør! Som I vel alle véd,
har jeg med hæder tjent i Sullas hær.
Et stykke agerland blev min belønning.
Da krigen var tilende leved jeg
af dette gods; til nød det mig ernæred.
Nu er det taget fra mig! Som det heder –
skal statens ejendomme drages ind,
til ligelig fordeling på enhver.
Det er et røveri, og intet andet!
Kun egen griskhed søger de at mætte.
MANLIUS.
Something quite different. As you all know,
I served with honor among Sulla’s troops;
A bit of meadow land was my reward.
And when the war was at an end, I lived
Thereon; it furnished me my daily bread.
Now is it taken from me! Laws decree--
State property shall to the state revert
For equal distribution. Theft, I say,--
It is rank robbery and nothing else!
Their greed is all they seek to satisfy.
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