[8]
ego qualem Kalendis Ianuariis acceperim rem publicam,
Quirites, intellego, plenam sollicitudinis, plenam
timoris; in qua nihil erat mali, nihil adversi quod non
boni metuerent, improbi exspectarent; omnia turbulenta
consilia contra hunc rei publicae statum et contra vestrum
otium partim iniri, partim nobis consulibus designatis inita
esse dicebantur; sublata erat de foro fides non ictu aliquo
novae calamitatis, sed suspicione ac perturbatione iudiciorum,
infirmatione rerum iudicatarum; novae dominationes,
extraordinaria non imperia, sed regna quaeri putabantur.
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