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non queror deminutionem vectigalium,
non flagitium huius iacturae atque damni, praetermitto
illa quae nemo est quin gravissime et verissime conqueri
possit, nos caput patrimoni publici, pulcherrimam
populi Romani possessionem, subsidium annonae, horreum
belli, sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal
servare non potuisse, eum denique nos agrum P. Rullo
concessisse, qui ager ipse per sese et Sullanae dominationi
et Gracchorum largitioni restitisset; non dico solum hoc in
re publica vectigal esse quod amissis aliis remaneat, intermissis
non conquiescat, in pace niteat, in bello non obsolescat,
militem sustentet, hostem non pertimescat; praetermitto
omnem hanc orationem et contioni reservo; de
periculo salutis ac libertatis loquor.
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