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And since I have now stated my objection plainly enough, I will follow you where you invite
me. I ask of you, Was I driven away? not from the farm of Fulcinius, for the praetor has not
commanded me to be replaced only in the case of my having been driven away from that
particular farm, but he has ordered me to be replaced in the place from which I was driven
away. I was driven away from the adjoining farm belonging to my neighbours, across which I was
going to that farm; I was driven away from the road; I was certainly driven away from some
place or other, from some ground, either private or public. I am ordered to be replaced there.
You have said that you have replaced me; I say that I have not been replaced in compliance
with the terms of the praetor's decree. What do we say to this! Your defence must be destroyed
either by your own sword (all men say) or by mine.
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