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But, however, I will say no more about myself. Let us return to those
Alexandrians. What a face those men have! What audacity! The other day, when
you were present at the trial of Gabinius, they were cross-examined at every
third word they said. They declared that the money had not been given to
Gabinius. The evidence of Pompeius was read at the same time, to the effect
that be had written to the king that no money had been given to Gabinius
except for military purposes. “At that time,” says the
prosecutor, “the judges refused to believe the
Alexandrians.” What does he say next? “Now they do
believe them.”
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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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