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“But my slave is not to be found, who was seen with your slaves. But my cottage
was burnt by your slaves.” What reply am I to make to this? I have proved that it
was false. Still I will admit it. What comes next? Does it follow from this that the household
of Marcus Tullius ought to be murdered? Scarcely, in truth, that they ought to be flogged,
scarcely, that they ought to be severely reprimanded. But granting that you were ever so
severe; the matter could be tried in the usual course of law, by an everyday sort of trial.
What was the need of violence? what was the need of armed men, of slaughter, and of bloodshed?
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