Opp。tom。i。p。175—268。Theinterpretationoftheassesorcentesimoeusuroeattwelve，theunciarioeatonepercent。，ismaintainedbythebestcriticsandcivilians:Noodt，l。ii。c。
2，p。207，Gravina，Opp。p。205，&c。，210，Heineccius，Antiquitat。adInstitut。l。iii。tit。xv。，Montesquieu，EspritdesLoix，l。xxii。c。22，tom。ii。p。36。Defensedel\'EspritdesLoix，tom。iii。p。478，&c。，andaboveall，JohnFredericGronoviusdePecuniaVeteri，l。iii。c。13，p。213—227，andhisthreeAntexegeses，p。455—655，thefounder，oratleastthechampion，ofthisprobableopinion；whichis，however，perplexedwithsomedifficulties。]
[Footnote164:Primoxii。Tabulissancitumestnequisunciariofoenoreampliusexerceret，Tacit。Annal。vi。16。PourpeusaysMontesquieu，EspritdesLoix，l。xxii。22qu\'onsoitversedansl\'histoiredeRome，onverraqu\'unepareilleloinedevoitpasetrel\'ouvragedesdecemvirs。WasTacitusignorant—orstupid?
Butthewiserandmorevirtuouspatriciansmightsacrificetheiravaricetotheirambition，andmightattempttochecktheodiouspracticebysuchinterestasnolenderwouldaccept，andsuchpenaltiesasnodebtorwouldincur。
Note:Therealnatureofthefoenusunciariumhasbeenproved；itamountedinayearoftwelvemonthstotenpercent。