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He added, also, that he did not send his best
cavalry;—I dare say, they were old troops, O Caesar: nothing to
your cavalry; but still they were the best men he had, his picked men. He
says, that one of the body was recognised as being a slave;—I do
not believe it; I never heard of it. But still, even if such a thing had
happened, I should not conceive that that was any fault of the king's.
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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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