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The sum which Dolabella entered to Verres as
having been received from him, is less than the sum which Verres has entered as
having been paid to him by four hundred and thirty-five thousand sesterces. The sum which Dolabella made out that Verres received less
than he has put down in his account-books, is two hundred and thirty-two thousand
sesterces. Dolabella also made out that on account of
corn he had received one million and eight hundred thousand sesterces; as to which you, O most incorruptible man, had quite a
different entry in your account-books. Hence it is that those extraordinary gains of
yours have accumulated, which we are examining into without any guide, article by
article as we can;—hence the account with Quintus and Cnaeus Postumus
Curtius, made up of many items; of which that fellow has not one in his
account-books;—hence the fourteen hundred thousand sesterces paid to Publius Tadius at Athens, as I will prove by witnesses;—hence the
praetorship, openly purchased; unless indeed that also is doubtful, how that man
became praetor.
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