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Dicta est a me causa, iudices1, et perorata. iam intellegitis
quantum iudicium sustineatis, quanta res sit commissa
vobis. de vi quaeritis. quae lex ad imperium, ad maiestatem,
ad statum patriae, ad salutem omnium pertinet, quam
legem Q. Catulus armata dissensione civium rei publicae
paene extremis temporibus tulit, quaeque lex sedata illa
flamma consulatus mei fumantis reliquias coniurationis
exstinxit, hac nunc2 lege Caeli adulescentia non ad rei
publicae poenas sed ad mulieris libidines3 et delicias deposcitur.
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