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"At ego qui, ut dixi, Harpocraticus sum dicebam: Summus Pont: decrepitus est: murus ruinosus, certa pro incertis derelinquam?" De Vita Propria, ch. iv. p. 15. It is quite possible that Paul III. may have desired to have Cardan about him on account of his reputation as an astrologer, the Pope being a firm believer in the influence of the stars. Vide Ranke, History of the Popes i. 166.
EFFICERET: efficeret, liberet, and oporteret can be properly rendered into English only by the present tense. Although these verbs express circumstances which continue, since the general effect of old age is being described, they are thrown into the past to suit the past tense dicebam or dixi which, though not expressed, is really the principal verb. Cf. below, 62, 78. CONSILIUM: 'deliberation'.
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