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What is done next? Alphenus, in order that all men might see that Quinctius was
defended at the trial, that no suspicion might exist unfavourable either to his own
duty, or to his principal's character, summons many excellent men, And, in the hearing
of that fellow, calls them to witness that he begs this of him, in the first place, out
of regard to their common intimacy, that he would not attempt to take any severe steps
against Quinctius in his absence without cause; but if lie persevered in carrying on the
contest in a most spiteful and hostile manner, that he is prepared by every upright and
honourable method to defend him, and to prove that what he demanded was not owed, and
that he accepted the trial which Naevius proposed.
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