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But because others deny kindnesses which they have
received, even when they are of less importance, in order not to appear
under any obligation, am I on that account speaking falsely, when I say that
I am bound to a man by his previous services done to me, for which it is
quite impossible for me to make any adequate return? Are you ignorant of
this, O Laterensis?—you who being, as you were, a great friend of
mine, and willing to share with me even the danger with which my life was at
that time threatened,—when you had escorted me in that hope of my
sad and bitter agony and departure from the city not only with your tears,
but also with your courage and your person, and with all your
resources,—when you had in my absence defended with all your
means, and all your power of protection, my children and my wife, were
always pressing this statement upon me, that you willingly allowed and
granted that I should employ all my zeal in contributing to the honour of
Cnaeus Plancius because you said that the services which he had done me were
acceptable to you yourself also.
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