123, 10 sentiebant. interrogati a Nepote praetore quem docuissent, responderunt quem prius: interrogati an tunc gratis adfuisset, responderunt sex milibus] interrogati a Nepote—docuissent responderunt om. BF. Here are two good chances for omissions due to similar endings, as interrogati and responderunt are both repeated, but neither chance is taken by BF. Instead, a far less striking case (sentiebant—responderunt) leads to the omission. The arrangement in P might be

SENTIEBANT
INTERROGATIANEPOTEPRAETORE(26)
QUEMDOCUISSENTRESPONDERUNT(26)
QUEMPRIUSINTERROGATIANTUNCGRA(29)
TISADFUISSETRESPONDERUNTSEXMI(29)

Here the dangerous words interrogati and responderunt are in safe places.

sentiebant

and

responderunt

, ordinarily a safe enough pair, become dangerous by their position at the end of lines; indeed, in the

scriptura continua

the danger of confusing