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Who says that I made such a promise? No one. If I
were to make an end of speaking here, I appear to have said enough to acquit myself as
far as my good faith and diligence are at stake—to have said enough for the
cause and dispute, enough for the formula and bond; I seem to have said enough to
satisfy the judge why judgment ought to pass for Roscius. A definite sum of money has
been demanded; security is given for a third part of it; this money must either have
been given, or set down as paid, or promised. Fannius admits it was not given; the books
of Fannius prove that it has not been set down as paid; the silence of witnesses proves
that it was never promised.
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