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But still, when you say that Gabinius went to Alexandria at the instigation of Postumus, if
you place no confidence in what was alleged in the defence of Gabinius, do
you forget also what you stated in your own speech for the prosecution?
Gabinius said that he did that for the sake of the republic, because he was
afraid of the fleet of Archelaus,—because he thought that
otherwise the sea would he entirely full of pirates. He said, moreover, that
he was authorized to do so by a law. You, his enemy, deny that. I pardon
your denial, and so much the more because the decision was contrary to the
statement of Gabinius.
I return, therefore, to the charge, and to your speech for the prosecution.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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