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He is the hindrance to Sulla's being informed of this affair; he
betrays the plans and intentions of the other deputies to Chrysogonus; he gives him
warning to take care that the affair be not conducted openly; he points out to him, that
if the sale of the property be prevented, he will lose a large sum of money, and that he
himself will be in danger of his life. He proceeds to spur him on, to deceive those who
were joined in the commission with him; to warn him continually to take care; to hold
out treacherously false hopes to the others; in concert with him to devise plans against
them, to betray their counsels to him; with him to bargain for his share in the plunder,
and, relying constantly on some delay or other, to cut off from his colleagues all
access to Sulla. Lastly, owing to his being the prompter, the adviser, the go-between,
the deputies did not see Sulla; deceived by his faith, or rather by his perfidy, as you
may know from themselves, if the accuser is willing to produce them 1 as witnesses, they brought back home with a false
hope instead of a reality.
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1 In a question of fact the accuser alone was permitted to submit witnesses; the defendant could not do so.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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