Age vero, si avaritiae causa mulierem concupissem, quid mihi utilius ad possidendam domum eius fuit quam simultatem inter matrem et filios serere, alienare ab eius animo liberorum caritatem, quo liberius et artius desolatam mulierem solus possiderem? Fuitne hoc praedonis, quod vos fingitis? Ego vero quietis et concordiae et pietatis auctor, conciliator, favisor non modo nova odia non serui, sed vetera quoque funditus extirpavi.
But think: if avarice was why I desired the lady, what better way was there to take over her estate than by sowing discord between the mother and her sons, banishing motherly affection from her heart, so as to have freer and tighter possession of the lady when she was isolated? Was that like a robber, as you pretend I am? In fact I constantly promoted, reconciled, and supported peace, concord, and family feeling, and so far from sowing new hatreds I even tore old ones out by the roots.
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