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There are at Rome Milesian ambassadors, most
noble men and the chief men of the city, who, although they are waiting with
apprehension for the month of February 1 and the time of the consuls elect, yet they not only do
not dare to deny such an atrocious action when they are asked about it, but they
cannot forbear speaking of it unasked if they are present. They will tell you, I
say, being induced by regard to religion, and by their fear of their laws at home,
what has become of that vessel. They will declare to you that Caius Verres has
behaved himself like a most infamous pirate in regard to that fleet which was built
against pirates.
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1 It was in the month of February that the senate was used to give audience to the deputies from the provinces: and the consuls elect, as has been said before, were notoriously in the interest of Verres.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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