Suasi uxori meae, cuius, ut isti aiunt, iam universas opes transvoraram, suasi, inquam, ac denique persuasi, ut filiis pecuniam suam reposcentibus (de quo supra dixeram) ut eam pecuniam sine mora redderet in praediis uili aestimatis et quanto ipsi volebant, praeterea ex re familiari sua fructuosissimos agros et grandem domum opulente ornatam magnamque vim tritici et hordei et vini et olivi ceterorumque fructuum, servos quoque haud minus CCCC, pecora amplius neque pauca neque abiecti pretii donaret, ut eos et ex ea parte quam tribuisset securos haberet et ad cetera hereditatis bona spe[i] invitaret.
Though these people say I had already swallowed up my wifes entire fortune, I urged her, I repeat, I urged and finally persuaded her, when her sons demanded the return of the money I mentioned earlier, to return it immediately in the form of lands, valued cheaply and at the price they wanted. Furthermore, I urged her to draw on her own property and grant them very fertile estates, a large town house richly furnished, a great quantity of wheat, barley, wine, olive oil and other produce, no less than four hundred slaves as well, and in addition a good many cattle of no small value. In that way she would make them sure of the part that she had granted them, and encourage them to expect the remainder of their legacy in full confidence.
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