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forum plenum et basilicas
istorum hominum videmus, et animo aequo videmus1;
civilis enim dissensionis et seu2 amentiae seu fati3 seu
calamitatis non est iste molestus exitus, in quo reliquos
saltem civis incolumis licet conservare. Verres, ille vetus
proditor consulis, translator quaesturae, aversor pecuniae
publicae, tantum sibi auctoritatis in re publica suscepit ut,
quibus hominibus per senatum, per populum Romanum,
per omnis magistratus, in foro, in suffragiis, in hac urbe, in
re publica versari liceret, iis omnibus4 mortem acerbam
crudelemque proponeret si fortuna eos ad aliquam partem
Siciliae detulisset.
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