Thus the evil of the penalty accords with the evil of the sinmalum poenae with malum culpae.

Nec tantum iis, qui vilirrie fortunae, et abjectae, sortis sunt, hoc in usu est: sed et medios, summos elatos, ne dicam Episcopos, hoc malum invasit.

His crime was malum prohibitum, not malum in se, but it was, nevertheless, a violation of a most necessary law.

For, [3550]malus malum vult ut sit sui similis; one drunkard in a company, one thief, one whoremaster, will by his goodwill make all the rest as bad as himself, "Et si Nocturnos jures te formidare vapores," be of what complexion you will, inclination, love or hate, be it good or bad, if you come amongst them, you must do as they do; yea, though it be to the prejudice of your health, you must drink venenum pro vino.