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And that you may understand that Cluentius was not induced to prosecute Oppianicus by a
disposition fond of bringing accusations, or by any fondness for display or covetousness of
glory, but by nefarious injuries, by daily plots against him, by hazard of his life, which has
been every day set before his eyes, I must go back a little further to the very beginning of
the business; and I entreat you, O judges, not to be weary or indignant at my doing
so—for when you know the beginning, you will much more easily understand the end.
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