M. Tullius Cicero, Divinatio in Q. Caecilium, ed. William Peterson, 25

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[25] 8 huic ego homini iam ante denuntio, si a me causam hanc vos agi volueritis, rationem illi defendendi totam esse mutandam, et ita mutandam¹ ut, meliore et honestiore condicione² quam qua ipse vult uti, imitetur homines eos quos ipse vidit amplissimos, L. Crassum et M. Antonium, qui nihil se arbitrabantur ad iudicia causasque amicorum praeter fidem et ingenium adferre oportere. nihil erit quod me agente arbitretur iudicium sine magno multorum periculo posse corrumpi.

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.) — 25 focus

[25] I now beforehand give this man notice, that if you determine that this cause shall be conducted by me, his whole plan of defence must be altered, and must be altered in such a manner as to be carried on in a more honest and honourable way than he likes; that he must imitate those most illustrious men whom he himself has seen, Lucius Crassus and Marcus Antonius; who thought that they had no right to bring anything to the trials and causes in which their friends were concerned, except good faith and ability. He shall have no room for thinking, if I conduct the case, that the tribunal can be corrupted without great danger to many.

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Divinatio in Q. Caecilium

1. et ita mutandam Heraeus (ii, §53): et ita tamen mutandam p s. l., item qr (t n per dittographiam, credo): et ita causam (cām) mutandam G1 Par. 7822 δ: om. D Υb

2. condicione sit Asc. ipse vult uti scripsi, pqr secutus in quibus eZZZ ut ante imitetur ( Cl. Rev. xix. 160): ipse esse vult pG1 Par. 7822 δ

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