Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.58.8-9
Lucretia names Sextus Tarquinius as the one who came as an enemy in the guise of a guest and took from her a ruinous joy, and all swear in turn to avenge her, consoling her by placing the guilt on the one who forced her rather than on her, since it is the mind that sins and not the body, and where there was no consent there is no fault.
Tier 1
"Est Sextus Tarquinius qui priore nocte (last night) advenit hostis, armatus vi. Hinc Tarquinius abstulit mihi malam laetitiam. Si vos estis viri, Tarquinius quoque sibi abstulit laetitiam."
Omnes dant fidem; Pater et vir consolantur aegram vertendo noxam (hurt; crime) ab victa in eum qui crimen fecit.
Mens potest peccare, non corpus, et sine consilio, culpa non est.
Tier 2
"Est Sextus Tarquinius, qui, hostis pro hospite, priore nocte armatus vi abstulit mihi hinc pestiferum gaudium, sibique si vos estis viri."
Omnes ordine dant fidem; consolantur aegram avertendo noxam animi delicti ab coacta in auctorem.
Peccare mentem, non corpus, et unde consilium afuerit, culpam abesse.
Segmented Reader
"Sex. Est Tarquinius
qui hostis pro hospite priore nocte
vi armatus mihi
sibique,
si vos viri estis,
pestiferum hinc abstulit gaudium."
Dant ordine omnes fidem;
consolantur aegram
animi avertendo noxam
ab coacta in auctorem
delicti:
mentem peccare, non corpus,
et unde consilium afuerit
culpam abesse.
Liber Ipse
"Sex. Est Tarquinius qui hostis pro hospite priore nocte vi armatus mihi sibique, si vos viri estis, pestiferum hinc abstulit gaudium." Dant ordine omnes fidem; consolantur aegram animi avertendo noxam ab coacta in auctorem delicti: mentem peccare, non corpus, et unde consilium afuerit culpam abesse.
Written by Robert Amstutz