M. Tullius Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 118

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[118] qua re quicquid de subscriptionibus eorum mihi dicendum erit, eo dicam animo ut omnem orationem¹ meam non de illorum facto sed de ratione censoria habitam existimari velim; a Lentulo autem, familiari meo, qui a me pro eximia sua virtute summisque honoribus quos a populo Romano adeptus est honoris causa nominatur, facile hoc, iudices, impetrabo ut, quam ipse adhibere consuevit in amicorum periculis cum² fidem et diligentiam tum³ vim animi libertatemque dicendi, ex⁴ hac mihi concedat ut tantum mihi sumam quantum sine huius periculo praeterire non possim⁵. A me tamen, ut aequum est, omnia caute pedetemptimque dicentur ut neque fides huius⁶ defensionis relicta neque cuiusquam aut dignitas laesa aut amicitia violata esse videatur.

Pro A. Cluentio. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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Pro A. Cluentio (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 1. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.)

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For A. Cluentius Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 118 focus

[118] So that, if I am forced to say anything of the reasons which they have given for their sentences, I shall say it with these feelings, that I shall wish everything that I say considered as having reference not to their individual conduct in particular, but to the whole principle of the censorial animadversion. But from Lentulus, my intimate friend, who out of regard for his eminent virtue and for the high honours which he has received from the Roman people, is named by me to do him honour, I shall easily obtain this indulgence, that, as he himself is always accustomed to employ the greatest good faith and diligence in matters affecting the safety of his friends, and also the greatest vigour of mind and freedom of speech, so, in this instance, he will not be offended with me for taking as much freedom my self, as I cannot forbear to take without danger to my client. But, everything shall be said by me carefully and deliberately, as indeed it ought to be, so that I shall not appear to have betrayed the cause entrusted to my good faith for its defence, nor to have injured the dignity of any one, nor to have disregarded any of the claims of friendship.

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Pro A. Cluentio

1. orationem Angelius: rationem M μa

2. cum Σa: om. M μ

3. tum eam Σ

4. ex Σa: in M μ

5. possim Σa: possum M μ

6. huius M μ: eius Σa

M. Tullius Cicero Pro A. Cluentio 118

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