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Every word was ascertained to be a false and treacherous invention. And if
people are even now afraid of Milo, we are not now under apprehension
because of the charge respecting Clodius, but we are shuddering at your
suspicions,—at yours, I say, O Cnaeus Pompeius, (for I address you
yourself, and I speak loudly so that you may be able to hear me.) If you are
afraid of Milo,—if you believe that he either now cherishes wicked
designs against your life, or that he ever has entertained
such; if the levying of troops throughout Italy, as some of your
recruiting-sergeants pretend—if these arms,—if these
cohorts in the Capitol,—if these watchmen, these
sentinels,—if this picked body of youths, which is the guard of
your person and your house, is all armed against an attack on the part of
Milo; and if all these measures have been arranged, and prepared, and aimed
against him alone,—then certainly he must be a man of great power,
of incredible courage; surely it must be more than the power and resources
of one single man which are attributed to him, if the most eminent of our
generals is invested with a command, and all Italy is armed against this one
man.
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