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Cicero quidem
initium orandi conditoribus urbium ac legum latoribus dedit, in quibus fuisse vim dicendi necesse est;
cur tamen hane primam originem putet, non video,
cum sint adhuc quaedam vagae et sine urbibus ac
sine legibus gentes, et tamen qui sunt in iis nati et
legationibus fungantur et accusent aliqua atque
defendant et denique alium alio melius loqui
credant.
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