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I was disquieted about many most important matters at one and the same moment, and
with very little time to deliberate. The comitia were at hand; and at them I was to
be opposed at immense expenditure of money. This trial was at hand; the Sicilian
treasurers menaced that matter also. I was afraid, from apprehension about the
comitia, to conduct the matters relating to the trial with freedom; and because of
the trial, I was unable to attend with all my heart to my canvass. Threatening the
agents of bribery was out of the question, because I saw that they were aware that I
was hampered and fettered by this trial.
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