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He is said to have been the first person made free by the Vindicta; some think even that the term vindicta is derived from him.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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* Neque hoc a suis requirit Deus, ut quicquid noxae illatum fuerit, taciti devorent; sed tantum ut animos et manus contineant a vindicta: [781] 1
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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-- Fr.Tr. [41] Neque hoc a suis requirit Deus, ut quicquid noxae illatum fuerit, taciti devorent; sed tantum ut animos et manus contineant a vindicta.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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The satisfaction of justice vindictive depends not at all on any thing in us; it requires only that there be vindicta noxæ, and a vindication of the sovereignty of God over the sinning creature, by the infliction of that punishment which, in his infinite wisdom and righteousness, he hath proportioned unto sin.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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And where there is not this “reatus culpæ” there can be no “pœnæ,” no punishment properly so called; for “pœnæ” is “vindicta noxæ,” — the revenge due to sin.
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith 1616-1683 1965
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Is furit ut caesos mundet vindicta sodales; but he, too, fell --
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His pleading against revenging the wrong done, if not on the very highest moral plane, possesses a grave dignity and beauty that brings it straight home to the heart: at vindicta bonum vita iucundius ipsa. nempe hoc indocti, quorum praecordia nullis interdum aut levibus videas flagrantia causis.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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Archilochus, whom he had killed (Plutarch, "De sera numinis vindicta", xvii).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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He is said to have been the first to be made free by the "vindicta."
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On the other hand, the French code, and above all the minds of the French magistrates, are still deeply imbued with the spirit of vengeance characteristic of the old primitive law, and the term "vindicte" (prosecution, from the Latin vindicta, vengeance) is still in daily use.
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