M. Tullius Cicero, Divinatio in Q. Caecilium, ed. William Peterson, 1

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[1] 1 si quis vestrum, iudices, aut eorum qui adsunt, forte miratur¹ me, qui tot annos in causis iudiciisque publicis ita sim² versatus ut defenderim³ multos, laeserim neminem, subito nunc mutata voluntate ad accusandum descendere, is, si mei consili causam rationemque cognoverit, una et id quod facio probabit, et in hac causa profecto neminem praeponendum mihi esse actorem putabit.

Divinatio in Q. Caecilium. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. William Peterson. Oxford. 1917.

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Divinatio in Q. Caecilium (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 3. Peterson, William, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917.)

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Divinatio against Q. Caecilius Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 1. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1903.) — 1 focus

[1] If any one of you, O judges, or of these who are present here, marvels perhaps at me, that I, who have for so many years been occupied in public causes and trials in such a manner that I have defended many men but have prosecuted no one could now on a sudden change my usual purpose, and descend to act as accuser;—he, if he becomes acquainted with the cause and reason of my present intention, will both approve of what I am doing, and will think, I am sure, that no one ought to be preferred to me as manager of this cause.

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Divinatio in Q. Caecilium

1. mirantur plerique codd.: num mirabitur? ( Cl. Rev. xviii. 440) qui per tot ( Quint. iv. 1. 49) G2L

2. sim ita π

3. defenderem codd.

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