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haec vero huius erat ars et
malitia miranda, quod accuratissime1 tota provincia quid
cuique accidisset2, quid cuique opus esset, indagare3 et
odorari solebat; omnium adversarios4, omnium inimicos
diligenter cognoscere, conloqui, attemptare; ex utraque
parte causas5 voluntates perspicere, facultates et copias;
quibus opus esset metum offerre, quibus expediret spem
ostendere; accusatorum et quadruplatorum quicquid erat,
habebat in potestate; quod cuique negoti conflare6 volebat,
nullo labore faciebat; istius omnia decreta imperia litteras
peritissime et callidissime venditabat.
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M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tvlli Ciceronis Orationes: Divinatio in Q. Caecilivm. In C. Verrem Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Gvlielmvs Peterson Rector Vniversitatis MacGillianae. William Peterson. Oxford. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1917. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.
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