[49]
Again an opportune
display of wit will often restore their flagging spirits
and we may alleviate their boredom by the introduction of entertaining matter derived from any source
that may be available. It will also be found advantageous to anticipate the objections that may be
raised by our opponent, as Cicero1 does when he
says “I know that some persons are surprised that
one, who for such a number of years has defended so
many and attacked none, should have come forward
as the accuser of Verres,” he then goes on to show
that the accusation which he has undertaken is
really a defence of the allies, an artifice known as
πρόληψις or anticipation.
1 Div. in Caec. i. 1.
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