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Wherefore, when I perceive that nearly the whole of this law is made ready,
as if it were an engine, for the object of overthrowing his power, I will both resist the
designs of the men who have contrived it, and I will enable you not only to perceive, but to
be entire masters of the whole plot which I now see in preparation.
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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