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I believe they
were; that is not a new thing nor a blamable one. We very lately saw Caius Sentius,
a man of old-fashioned and extraordinary incorruptibility, on account of the
dearness of food which existed in Macedonia, make a great deal of money by furnishing provisions. So that
I do not grudge you your profits, if any have come to you legally; I complain of
your injustice; I impeach your dishonesty; I cat your avarice into court, and
arraign it before this tribunal.
But if you wish to excite a suspicion that this charge belongs to more men and more
provinces than one, I will not be afraid of that defence of yours, but I will
profess myself the defender of all the provinces. In truth I say this, and I say it
with a loud voice, “Wherever this has been done, it has been done
wickedly; whoever has done it is deserving of punishment.”
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