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grave esse videtur eum1 qui investigarit
coniurationem, qui patefecerit, qui oppresserit, cui
senatus singularibus verbis gratias egerit, cui uni togato
supplicationem decreverit, dicere in iudicio: 'non defenderem,
si coniurasset.' non dico id quod grave est, dico illud
quod in his causis coniurationis non auctoritati adsumam,
sed pudori meo: 'ego ille coniurationis investigator atque
ultor certe non defenderem Sullam, si coniurasse arbitrarer.'
ego, iudices, de tantis omnium periculis cum quaererem
omnia, multa audirem, crederem non omnia2, caverem omnia3,
dico hoc quod initio4 dixi, nullius indicio5, nullius nuntio6,
nullius suspicione, nullius litteris7 de P. Sulla89 rem ullam
ad me esse delatam.
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M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes: Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Albertus Curtis Clark. Albert Clark. Oxonii. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1909. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.
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