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And you, O Hercules, whom that man
endeavoured, on a stormy night, with a band of slaves properly equipped and armed,
to tear down from your situation, and to carry off;—And you, O most holy
mother Cybele, whom he left among the Enguini, in your most august and venerated
temple, plundered to such an extent, that the name only of Africanus, and some
traces of your worship thus violated, remain, but the monuments of victory and all
the ornaments of the temple are no longer visible,—You, also, O you judges
and witnesses of all forensic matters, and of the most important tribunals, and of
the laws, and of the courts of justice,—you, placed in the most frequented
place belonging to the Roman people, O Castor and Pollux, from whose temple that
man, in a most wicked manner, procured gain to himself, and enormous
booty;—And, O all ye gods, who, borne on sacred cars, visit the solemn
assemblies of our games, whose road that fellow contrived should be adapted, not to
the dignity of your religious ceremonies, but to his own profit;
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