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A definition which has descended to us from one of the Latin antiquarians describes nexum as omne quod geritur per æs et libram, "every transaction with the copper and the balance," and these words have occasioned a good deal of perplexity.
In the comment on Canto XIX. of the "Purgatory" occurs the following striking passage: "Summus Pontificatus, si bene geritur, est summus honor, summum onus, summa servitus, summus labor. Si vero male, est summum periculum animae, summum malum, summa miseria, summus pudor. Ergo dubium est ex omni parte negotium.
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