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You
have heard Quintus Minucius Rufus say, that King Antiochus stayed at his house while
at Syracuse; that he knew that this
candelabrum had been taken to Verres's house; that he knew that it had not been
returned. You heard, and you shall hear from the whole body of Roman settlers at
Syracuse, that they will state to
you that in their hearing it was dedicated and consecrated to the good and great
Jupiter by King Antiochus. If you were
not a judge, and this affair were reported to you, it would be your especial duty to
follow it up; to reclaim the candelabrum, and to prosecute this cause. So that I do
not doubt what ought to be your feelings as judge in this prosecution, when before
any one else as judge you ought to be a much more vehement advocate and accuser than
I am.
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