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ego autem
—dicendum est enim, patres conscripti, quod sentio—non
tam veteranos metuendos1 nobis arbitror quam quid tirones
milites, flos Italiae, quid novae legiones ad liberandam
patriam paratissimae, quid cuncta Italia de vestra gravitate
sentiat. nihil enim semper floret; aetas succedit aetati:
diu legiones Caesaris viguerunt; nunc vigent Pansae, vigent
Hirti, vigent Caesaris fili, vigent Planci; vincunt numero,
vincunt aetatibus; nimirum etiam auctoritate vincunt. id
enim bellum gerunt quod ab omnibus gentibus comprobatur.
itaque his praemia promissa sunt, illis persoluta.
fruantur illi suis2, persolvantur his quae spopondimus. id
enim deos immortalis spero aequissimum iudicare.
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