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nam postquam isti intellexerunt summa diligentia vitam Sex. Rosci
custodiri neque sibi ullam caedis faciendae1 potestatem dari,
consilium ceperunt plenum sceleris et audaciae ut nomen huius de
parricidio deferrent, ut ad eam rem aliquem accusatorem veterem
compararent qui de ea re posset2 dicere aliquid, in qua re nulla
subesset suspicio, denique ut, quoniam crimine non poterant, tempore
ipso pugnarent. ita loqui homines: 'quod iudicia tam diu facta
non essent, condemnari eum oportere qui primus in iudicium
adductus esset; huic autem patronos propter Chrysogoni gratiam
defuturos; de bonorum venditione et de ista societate verbum esse
facturum neminem; ipso nomine parricidi et atrocitate criminis fore
ut hic nullo negotio tolleretur, cum ab nullo defensus esset.'
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