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But you cannot murder Publius Quinctius your own relation,
without the greatest wickedness. That the trial may be facilitated I But neither does
Caius Aquillius willingly decide on the life of another, nor has Quintus Hortensius been
in the habit of pleading against a man's life. But what reply is made by us, O Caius
Aquillius? He asks for his money: we deny that it is due. Let a trial take place
instantly; we make no objection; is there anything more? If he is afraid that the money
will not be forth coming when the decision is given let him take security that it shall
be; and let him give security 1
for what I demand in the very same terms in which we give security.
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