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at legatos misimus. heu, me miserum! cur senatum
cogor, quem laudavi semper, reprehendere? quid?
vos censetis, patres conscripti, legatorum missionem populo
Romano vos1 probavisse2? non intellegitis, non auditis meam
sententiam flagitari? cui3 cum pridie frequentes essetis adsensi,
postridie ad spem estis inanem pacis devoluti. quam
turpe porro4 legiones ad senatum legatos mittere, senatum ad
Antonium! quamquam illa legatio non est, denuntiatio
est paratum illi exitium5, nisi paruerit huic ordini. quid
refert? tamen opinio est gravis6. Missos enim legatos omnes
vident; decreti nostri7 non omnes verba noverunt.
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