Magia ista, quantum ego audio, res est legibus delegata, iam inde antiquitus XII tabulis propter incredundas frugum inlecebras interdicta, igitur et occulta non minus quam taetra et horribilis, plerumque noctibus vigilata et tenebris abstrusa et arbitris solitaria et carminibus murmurata, cui non modo servorum, verum etiam liberorum pauci adhibentur.
Your magic, so I am told, is something that we leave to the law. Even in antiquity, the Twelve Tables forbade it because of the incredible practice of charming away crops. Hence it is not only something secret but something sinister and horrible, usually practiced at night, buried in darkness, screened from witnesses, muttered in spells, and few free men are involved in it, let alone slaves.
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