[10]
Therefore, when actions were being brought, those men
were usually present who had some apprehension about themselves; and then
when they were summoned, then, if they thought it advantageous for them,
they proceeded at once to contradict what had been said. But if they were
afraid of unpopularity, because the facts in question were recent, they
answered at some future time; and when they had done this, many of them
gained their object.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1891.
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