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Now, since, O Titus Labienus, you have sought to cramp my
industry by a narrow space of time, and have denied the usual length of a defence which I was
prepared to use, confining me to a single half-hour; I will comply with the conditions laid
down by the accuser, (which is a most scandalous thing to have to do,) and yield to the power
of our enemy, (which is a most miserable fate for a man to be compelled to,) although in
prescribing to me this half-hour you have left me only the part of an advocate, and have
ignored my right as consul; because, though this time will be nearly sufficient
for me to make our defence in, it will not allow time enough for preferring the complaints
which we are entitled to prefer.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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