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For when he was made praetor, leaving the
house of Chelidon after having taken the auspices, he drew the lot of the city
province, more in accordance with his own inclination and that of Chelidon, than
with the wish of the Roman people. And observe how he behaved at the very
outset,—what his intentions were as shown 1 in his first edict.
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1 “After the praetors were appointed, before they entered on the discharge of their duties as judges, they were in the habit of issuing an edict, setting forth the principles which they intended should govern their decisions; and they used to do this in the public assembly after they had taken the oath to observe the law.”—Hottoman.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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