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Marcus Fonteius has been accused in two trials, in such a way, that nothing has been alleged
against him from which the slightest taint of lust, or caprice, or cruelty, or audacity can be
inferred. They not only have not mentioned any atrocious deed of his, but they have not even
found fault with any expression used by him.
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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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