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Besides, all Sicily gives evidence of the
fact which in the common petitions of all the states has prescribed this request to
the consuls, “to beg and entreat of the conscript fathers, not to allow
charges to be received against the absent.” Concerning which matter you
heard Cnaeus Lentulus, the advocate of Sicily, and a most admirable young man, say, that the Sicilians, when
they were instructing him in their case, and pointing out to him what matters were
to be urged in their behalf before the senate, complained much of this misfortune of
Sthenius, and on account of this injustice which had been done to Sthenius, resolved
to make this demand which I have mentioned.
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