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And when she had herself sent the accuser armed with all these
weapons against her son to Rome, she remained herself
a little while at Larinum, for the sake of seeking out and hiring witnesses. But afterwards,
when news was brought to her that this man's trial was coming on, she immediately flew hither,
to prevent any diligence being wanting on the part of the accusers, or any money to the
witnesses; or perhaps lest she, as his mother, should lose this sight which she had so eagerly
desired, of this man's mourning habit, and grief, and melancholy condition.
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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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