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Her guardians, if they gave money to the praetor in the name of their ward,
especially if it were a huge sum, did not see how they could enter it in their
accounts; did not see how they could give it except at their own risk; and at the
same time they did not believe that he would be so wicked. Being often applied to,
they refused. I pray you, take notice, how equitable a decree he issued at the will
of the man to whom he was giving the inheritance of which the children were robbed.
“As I understand that the Lex Voconia ...
” Who would ever believe that Verres would be an adversary of women? or
did he do something contrary to the interests of women, in order that the whole
edict might not appear to have been drawn up at the will of Chelidon. He wishes, he
says, to oppose the covetousness of men. Oh, certainly. Who, not only in the present
age, but even in the times of our ancestors, was ever so far removed from
covetousness? Recite what comes next, I beg; for the gravity of the man, his
knowledge of the law, and his authority delight me. “Who, since the
censorship of Aulus Postumius and Quintus Fulvius, has made, or shall have
made....” Has made, or shall have made! who ever issued an edict in such a
manner?
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