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And I promise you this, O Romans, relying neither on my own prudence, nor on human
counsels, but on many and manifest intimations of the will of the immortal gods; under whose
guidance I first entertained this hope and this opinion; who are now defending their temples
and the houses of the city, not afar off, as they were used to, from a foreign and distant
enemy, but here on the spot, by their own divinity and present help. And you, O Romans, ought
to pray to and implore them to defend from the nefarious wickedness of abandoned citizens,
now that all the forces of all enemies are defeated by land and sea, this city which they
have ordained to be the most beautiful and flourishing of all cities.
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