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And I beg you, in the name of the immortal gods, O judges, think of and guard
against this; I warn you, I give notice to you, of what I am well assured, that this
most seasonable opportunity has been given to you by the favour of the gods, for the
purpose of delivering your whole order from hatred, from unpopularity, from infamy,
and from disgrace. There is no severity believed to exist ill the tribunals, nor any
scruples with regard to religion; in short, there are not believed to be any
tribunals at all. Therefore we are despised and scorned by the Roman people; we are
branded with a heavy and now a long standing infamy.
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