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After Perperna was slain, many of the number of Sertorius's soldiers fled to
Cnaeus Pompeius, that most illustrious and gallant man. Was there one of them whom
he did not preserve safe and unhurt with the greatest kindness? was there one
suppliant citizen to whom that invincible right hand was not stretched out as a
pledge of his faith, and as a sure token of safety? Was it then so? Was death and
torture appointed by you, who had never done one important service to the republic,
for those who found a harbour of refuge in that man against whom they had borne
arms? See what an admirable defence you have imagined for yourself.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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