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quo quidem in crimine primum illud requiro1,
dixeritne Clodiae quam ob2 rem aurum sumeret, an non
dixerit. si non3 dixit, cur dedit? si dixit, eodem se conscientiae
scelere devinxit. tune aurum ex armario tuo
promere ausa es, tune venerem illam tuam spoliare ornamentis,
spoliatricem ceterorum4, cum scires quantum ad
facinus aurum hoc quaereretur, ad necem legati, ad L. Luccei5,
sanctissimi hominis atque integerrimi, labem sceleris
sempiternam6? huic facinori tanto tua mens liberalis conscia,
tua domus popularis ministra, tua denique hospitalis
illa Venus adiutrix esse non debuit.
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