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There was no reason why you should make the demand, How can this be proved? Because
Quinctius owed nothing whatever to Sextus Naevius, neither on account of the
partnership, nor from any private debt. Who is a witness of this? Why, the same man who
is our most bitter enemy. In this matter I will cite you—you, I say, O
Naevius, as our witness Quinctius was with you in Gaul a year, and more than that, after the death of Caius Quinctius.
Prove that you ever demanded of him this vast sum of money, I know not how much; prove
that you ever mentioned it, ever said it was owing, and I will admit that he owed it.
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