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Although
I am deservedly angry with Metellus, still I will say this which is true. Apronius
could not corrupt Metellus with bribes, as he had corrupted Verres, nor with
banquets, nor with women, nor with debauched and profligate conversation, by which
means he had, I will not say crept into that man's friendship slowly and gradually,
but had in a very short time got possession of the whole man and his whole retinue.
But as for the retinue of Metellus, which he speaks of, what was the use of his
corrupting that, when no judges were appointed out of it to judge the causes of the
cultivators?
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