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And he read me the law out of the Twelve Tables, which permits a man to kill a thief by
night, and even by day if he defends himself with a weapon; and an ancient law out of the
sacred laws, which allows any one to be put to death with impunity who has assaulted a tribune
of the people. I imagine I need say no more about the laws.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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