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Although in this cause, O judges, we shall
not employ the tribuneship of Titus Annius, and all the exploits which he
has performed for the safety of the republic, as topics for our defence
against this accusation, unless you see with your own eyes that a plot was
laid against Milo by Clodius; and we shall not entreat you to pardon us this
one offence in consideration of our many eminent services to
the republic, nor shall we demand, if the death of Publius Clodius was your
safety, that on that account you should attribute it rather to the virtue of
Milo, than to the good fortune of the Roman people; but if his plots are
made clearer than the day, then indeed I shall entreat, and shall demand of
you, O judges, that, if we have lost everything else, this at least may be
left us,—namely, the privilege of defending our lives from the
audacity and weapons of our enemies with impunity.
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