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For I saw—I saw, I say,
this very Quintus Hortensius, the light and ornament of the republic, almost
slain by the hand of slaves, while he was standing by me. In which crowd
Caius Vibienus, a senator, a most excellent man, who was with Hortensius,
was so maltreated that he lost his life.
When, then, was it that that assassin's dagger of his which he had received
from Catiline rested? It was aimed at us I would not allow you all to be
exposed to it for my sake. It was prepared in treachery for Pompeius. It
stained with blood, through the murder of Papirius the very Appian road, the
monument of his name, this, this same dagger, after a long interval was
again turned against me lately as you know, it nearly murdered me close to
the palace of Ancus.
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