Moderate means D- to take on a serious mode.
The writer used the word 'moderate' to make a comparison between those people who would lead a serious life without any excess with the group of people who would do whatever they wanted to fight against the Black Death.
Brother quang?? is he your brother? what book is this from? Sorry i do not kbnow thte answer include more details
The king and duke were merely con-men pretending to be royalty. They met in Huck's raft because they were running away from the authorities who discovered their con.
They were initially strangers but upon knowing that each was a conman. Both hatched a plan to con numerous people by staging a play like Romeo and Juliet.