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... deum placamentis decedebat infamia, quin iussum incendium crederetur. ergo...

quin (quī + nē) can function as an adverb and a conjunction; as a conjunction it introduces subordinate subjunctive clauses following negative expressions of prevention or hindering: "by which it might be less believed that the fire had been ordered." Quōminus is used in the same way.