credo ego vos, iudices, mirari quid sit quod, cum1 tot summi oratores
hominesque nobilissimi sedeant, ego potissimum surrexerim2, is qui
neque aetate neque ingenio neque auctoritate sim cum his qui
sedeant comparandus. omnes hi quos videtis adesse in hac causa
iniuriam novo scelere conflatam putant oportere defendi, defendere
ipsi3 propter iniquitatem temporum non audent. ita fit ut adsint propterea
quod officium sequuntur, taceant autem idcirco quia
periculum vitant.4
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