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Italy is my witness, which that illustrious conqueror
himself, Lucius Sulla, confessed had been delivered by this man's valour and ready assistance.
Sicily is my witness, which he released when it was
surrounded on all sides by many dangers, not by the dread of his power, but by the promptitude
of his wisdom. Africa is my witness, which, having
been overwhelmed by numerous armies of enemies, overflowed with the blood of those same
enemies. Gaul is my witness, through which a road
into Spain was laid open to our legions by the
destruction of the Gauls. Spain is my witness, which
has repeatedly seen our many enemies there defeated and subdued by this man. Again and again,
Italy is my witness, which, when it was weighed down
by the disgraceful and perilous servile war, entreated aid from this man, though he, was at a
distance; and that war, having dwindled down and wasted away at the expectation of Pompeius,
was destroyed and buried by his arrival.
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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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