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And then, too, when he had gone away, who,
being authorized by you, had resisted murder and conflagration, you saw men rushing all over
the city with sword and firebrand; you saw the houses of the magistrates attacked, the temples
of the gods burnt, the faces of a most admirable man and
illustrious consul burnt, the holy person of a most fearless and virtuous officer, a tribune
of the people, not only laid hands on and insulted, but wounded with the sword and killed. And
by that murder some magistrates were so alarmed, that partly out of fear of death, partly out
of despair for the republic, they in some degree forsook my cause; but others remained behind,
whom neither terror, nor violence, nor hope, nor fear, nor promises, nor threats, nor arms,
nor firebrands, could influence so as to make them cease to stand by your authority, and the
dignity of the Roman people, and my safety.
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