Many things, O judges, must be necessarily passed over by me, in order that I may
be able at last to speak in some manner of those matters which have been entrusted
to my good faith. For I have undertaken the cause of Sicily; that is the province which has tempted me to this business.
But when I took upon myself this burden, and undertook the cause of Sicily, in my mind I embraced a wider range, for I
took upon myself also the cause of my whole order—I took upon myself the
cause of the Roman people; because I thought that in that case alone could a just
decision be come to, if not only a wicked criminal was brought up, but if at the
same time a diligent and firm accuser came before the court.
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