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Now it is not Sextus Roscius who gave him this
commission, but what is a much more serious thing, Sextus Roscius himself, with his
character, his life, and all his property, is publicly entrusted by the senators to
Roscius; and, of this trust, Titus Roscius has converted not some small portion to his
own advantage, but has turned him entirely out of his property; he has bargained for
three farms for himself; he has considered the intention of the senators and of all his
fellow-citizens of just as much value as his own integrity.
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