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quaero enim cur Licinium titubantem, haesitantem,
cedentem, fugere conantem mulieraria manus ista de manibus
emiserit1, cur non comprenderint, cur non2 ipsius confessione,
multorum oculis, facinoris denique voce tanti sceleris crimen
expresserint. an timebant ne tot unum, valentes imbecillum,
alacres perterritum superare non possent?
nullum argumentum in re, nulla suspicio in causa, nullus
exitus criminis reperietur3. itaque haec causa ab argumentis,
a coniectura, ab eis4 signis quibus veritas inlustrari solet ad
testis tota traducta est. quos quidem ego, iudices, testis5
non modo sine ullo timore sed etiam cum aliqua spe delectationis
exspecto.
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