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But now, when no good man says a word against him, but all your citizens and allies extol
him; when those men attack him who have repeatedly attacked this city and this empire; and
when the enemies of Marcus Fonteius threaten you and the Roman people; when his friends and
relations come to you as suppliants, will you hesitate to show not only to your own citizens,
who are mainly influenced by glory and praise; but also to foreign tribes and nations, that
you, in giving your votes, prefer sparing a citizen to yielding to an enemy?
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