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No boy bought for the gratification of passion was ever so
wholly in the power of his master as you were in Curio's. How often has his
father turned you out of his house? How often has he placed guards to prevent
you from entering? while you, with night for your accomplice, lust for your
encourager, and wages for your compeller, were let down through the roof. That
house could no longer endure your wickedness. Do you not know that I am speaking
of matters with which I am thoroughly acquainted? Remember that time when Curio,
the father, lay weeping in his bed; his son throwing himself at my feet with
tears recommended to me you; he entreated me to defend you against his own
father, if he demanded six millions of sesterces of you; for that he had been
bail for you to that amount. And he himself, burning with love, declared
positively that because he was unable to bear the misery of being separated from
you, he should go into banishment.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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