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'quid sibi iste vult? accusatoremne se existimari, qui antea
defendere consuerat1, nunc praesertim, ea iam aetate, cum
aedilitatem petat?' ego vero et aetatis non modo meae
sed multo etiam superioris, et honoris amplissimi puto esse
et accusare improbos et miseros calamitososque defendere.
et profecto aut hoc remedium est aegrotae2 ac prope desperatae
rei publicae iudiciisque corruptis et contaminatis3
paucorum vitio ac turpitudine, homines ad legum defensionem
iudiciorumque auctoritatem quam honestissimos et integerrimos
diligentissimosque accedere; aut, si ne hoc quidem
prodesse poterit, profecto nulla umquam medicina his tot
incommodis reperietur.
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