M. Tullius Cicero, Pro P. Quinctio, 22

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[22] So from that time the matter was referred to legal decision. ¹ After many delays, and when much time had been wasted in that business, and nothing had been done, Naevius appeared before the judge.

I beseech you, O Caius Aquillius, and you the assessors in this suit, to observe carefully, in order that you may be able to understand the singular nature of this fraud, and the new method of trickery employed.

Pro P. Quinctio. M. Tullius Cicero. London. 1903.

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For Publius Quinctius (English) (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 1. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1903.)

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Pro P. Quinctio Perseus (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 4. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909.) — 22 focus

[22] itaque ex eo tempore res esse in vadimonium coepit. Cum vadimonia saepe dilata essent et cum aliquantum temporis in ea re esset consumptum neque quicquam profectum esset, venit ad vadimonium Naevius.

6 obsecro, C. Aquili vosque qui adestis in consilio, ut diligenter attendatis, ut singulare genus fraudis et novam rationem insidiarum cognoscere possitis.

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For P. Quinctius

1. Lit. “recognizances were entered into.” When the praetor had granted an action, the plaintiff required the defendant to give security for his appearance before the praetor on a stated day, commonly the day but one after the in jus vocatio.

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