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That, however, I not only do not request, but I beg and entreat you,
O judges, to scrutinise the whole case most vigilantly, with all your eyes, as they say. None
of the charges will be found borne witness to with conscientiousness, or founded in truth, or
extorted by indignation; but, on the contrary, you will see that it is all redolent of lust,
passion, party spirit, bribery, and perjury.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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