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his tum rebus commotus et quod
homines iam tum coniuratos cum gladiis in campum deduci
a Catilina sciebam, descendi in campum cum firmissimo
praesidio fortissimorum virorum et cum illa lata insignique
lorica, non quae me tegeret — etenim sciebam Catilinam non
latus aut ventrem sed caput et collum solere petere — verum
ut omnes boni animadverterent et, cum in metu et periculo
consulem viderent, id quod est factum1, ad opem praesidiumque
concurrerent. itaque cum te, Servi, remissiorem
in petendo putarent, Catilinam et spe et cupiditate inflammatum
viderent, omnes qui illam ab re publica pestem
depellere cupiebant ad Murenam se statim contulerunt.
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