M. Tullius Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 155

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[155] habitus ne hoc quidem umquam recusavit quo minus vel ea¹ lege rationem vitae suae redderet qua non teneretur². quae si vobis condicio placet, omnes id agamus ut haec quam primum in omnis ordines quaestio perferatur.

57 interea quidem, per deos immortalis! quoniam omnia commoda nostra, iura, libertatem, salutem denique legibus obtinemus, a legibus non recedamus, simul et illud quam sit iniquum cogitemus, populum Romanum aliud nunc agere, vobis rem³ publicam et fortunas suas commisisse, sine cura esse, non metuere ne lege ea quam numquam ipse iusserit et quaestione qua se solutum liberumque esse arbitretur⁴ per paucos iudices astringatur.

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.) — 155 focus

[155] Habitus has never demurred even to this, not to giving an account of his course of life according to the provisions of a law by which he was not at all bound. And if this condition pleases you, let us all strive to have this investigation extended to all ranks and orders in the city. 57
But in the mean time, in the name of the immortal gods! since we have all our advantages, our laws, our liberty, and our safety by means of the laws, let us not depart from the laws. And at the same time let us consider what a scandalous thing it is for the Roman people to be now pursuing another object; for them to have entrusted to you the republic and their own fortunes; to be themselves without any care; to have no fear of being bound by the decision of a few judges, by a law which they have never sanctioned, and by a form of judicial investigation of which they think themselves independent.

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Pro A. Cluentio

1. ea ex Σa

2. teneretur M μ: tenetur Σa

3. remque Σψ2 since M μ: se sine αa: ipsum sine Manutius

4. arbitretur Σa: arbitraretur M μ

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