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... claritudinem sublatus imperium invaderet, prompte daturis, qui a coniuratione...

prompte...interfectum: expressing the thoughts of Piso in o. o. with subordinate clauses in the imperfect subj. See Furneaux's note: This sentence represents Piso's thought, 'dabunt qui . . . sunt, quique miserabuntur,' the latter becoming imperfect subjunctive on the principle that when a compound sentence in future time is reported in indirect construction, only the main verb requires a future form.