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Therefore, whether the immortal gods give this to the
Roman people as the fruit of my return, that, as on my departure there
ensued a want of corn, and famine, and devastation, and bloodshed, and
conflagration, and pillage, and impunity for all crimes, and flight, and
terror, and discord, so my return is followed by fertility of the lands, by
abundant harvests, by hopes of tranquillity, by peaceful dispositions on the
part of the citizens, by a restoration of the courts of justice and of the
laws, while unanimity on the part of the people and the authority of the
senate seem to have been brought back in my company; or, if the fact is that
I, on my arrival, was bound, in return for such kindness, to do
something for the Roman people by my prudence, authority and diligence; then
I do promise, and undertake, and pledge myself to do it. I say no more.
This, I say, which is sufficient for the present occasion, that the republic
shall not, on any pretence connected with the price of corn, fall into that
danger into which some people endeavoured to bring it.
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