Note 030 Volusius, a wealthy senator (Tacit. Annal. iii. 30), always preferred tenants born on the estate. Columella, who received this maxim from him, argues very judiciously on the subject. De Re Rustica, 1. i. c. 7, p. 408, edit. Gesner. Leipzig, 1735

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