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What, then, are we to think? Is Chrysogonus unwilling that these men shall be put to
the question for the sake of concealing his own crime? Not so, O judges; I do not think
that the same arguments apply to every one. As far as I am concerned, I have no
suspicion of the sort respecting Chrysogonus, and this is not the first time that it has
occurred to me to say so. You recollect that I so divided the cause at the beginning;
into the accusation, the whole arguing of which was entrusted to Erucius; and into
audacity, the business of which was assigned to the Roscii;—whatever crime,
whatever wickedness, whatever bloodshed there is, all that is the business of the
Roscii. We say that the excessive interest and power of Chrysogonus is a hindrance to
us, and can by no means be endured; and that it ought not only to be weakened, but even
to be punished by you, since you have the power given to you.
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