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Caius Mustius, a Roman knight, a farmer of the revenues, a man of the very highest
honour, came to Chelidon. Marcus Junius,
the uncle of the youth, a most frugal and temperate man, came to her; a man who
shows his regard for his high rank by the greatest honour, and modesty, and
attention to his duties. Publius Potitius, his guardian, came to her. Oh that
praetorship of yours, bitter to many, miserable, scandalous? To say nothing of other
points, with what shame, with what indignation, do you think that such men as these
went to the house of a prostitute? men who would have encountered such disgrace on
no account, unless the urgency of their duty and of their relationship to the
injured youth had compelled them to do so. They came, as I say, to Chelidon. The
house was full; new laws, new decrees, new decisions were being solicited:
“Let him give me possession.” ... “Do not let him take
away from me.”... “Do not let him give sentence against
me.”.... “Let him adjudge the property to me.” Some
were paying money, some were signing documents. The house was full, not with a
prostitute's train, but rather with a crowd seeking audience of the praetor.
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