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But he was the king's steward. Yes, and he was in the king's prison, and his
life was nearly taken away. He bore many things besides, which the caprice
of the king and necessity compelled him to endure. So that all these matters
come under one single reproach, that he entered his kingdom, and that he
entrusted himself to the power of the king. A very foolish action, if we
must say the truth. For what can be more foolish than for a Roman knight, a
man of this city, I say, a citizen of this republic, which, of all others,
is, and always has been, most especially free, to go into a place where he
is forced to obey and be the steward of another?
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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