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quis sit qui socium fraudarit et fefellerit
consideremus; dabit enim nobis iam tacite vita acta in
alterutram partem firmum et grave testimonium. Q. Roscius?
quid ais? nonne, ut ignis in aquam coniectus continuo
restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in
purissimam et castissimam vitam conlatum statim concidit
et exstinguitur? Roscius socium fraudavit! potest hoc
homini huic haerere peccatum? qui me dius fidius—audacter
dico—plus fidei quam artis, plus veritatis quam
disciplinae possidet in se, quem populus Romanus meliorem
virum quam histrionem esse arbitratur, qui ita dignissimus
est scaena propter artificium ut dignissimus sit curia propter
abstinentiam.
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