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agit hominibus gratias et eorum benivolentiam
erga se diligentiamque conlaudat. ipse inflammatus scelere
et furore in forum venit; ardebant oculi, toto ex ore crudelitas
eminebat. exspectabant omnes1 quo tandem progressurus
aut quidnam acturus esset, cum repente hominem
proripi atque in foro medio nudari ac deligari et virgas
expediri iubet. clamabat ille miser se civem esse Romanum,
municipem Consanum2; meruisse cum L. Raecio3,
splendidissimo equite Romano, qui Panhormi negotiaretur,
ex quo haec Verres scire posset. tum iste, se comperisse4
eum speculandi causa in Siciliam a ducibus5 fugitivorum
esse missum; cuius rei neque index neque vestigium aliquod
neque suspicio cuiquam esset ulla; deinde iubet
undique hominem vehementissime verberari.
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