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Lentulus, too, held an assembly, also about my affairs. There was a vast
flocking to it of the whole Roman people; all ranks of society, all
Italy stood side by side in
that assembly. He argued my cause with the greatest authority, and the
greatest fluency of language amid such silent attention and such visible
approbation from every one, that nothing so pleasing appeared ever to have
fallen on the ears of the Roman people. Cnaeus Pompeius was brought forward
by him, who displayed himself then not only as the main author of my safety,
but even as a suppliant to the Roman people. His oration also was one of
great weight and was pleasing to the assembly. And I assert that no opinion
of his ever carried more authority with it; and that no eloquence of his was
ever more agreeable. With what silent attention were the other chief men of
the city listened to while speaking in my behalf;
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