M. Tullius Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 89

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[89] hic ego magis ut consuetudinem servem quam quod vos non vestra hoc sponte faciatis, petam a vobis ut me, dum de his singulis disputo, iudices¹, attente audiatis. 33 condemnatus est C. Gaius Iunius qui ei quaestioni praefuerat; adde etiam illud, si placet: tum est condemnatus cum esset iudex quaestionis. non modo causae sed ne legi quidem quicquam per tribunum plebis laxamenti datum est. quo tempore illum a quaestione ad nullum aliud rei publicae munus abduci licebat, eo tempore ad quaestionem ipse abreptus est. at quam quaestionem²? voltus enim vestri, iudices, me invitant ut quae reticenda putaram³ libeat⁴ iam libere dicere.

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.) — 89 focus

[89] Here I, rather for the sake of adhering to the usual custom, than from any fear that you would not do so of your own accord, will beg of you to listen to me with attention, while I discuss each of these decisions. 33
Caius Junius, who presided over that trial, has been condemned; add that also, if you please,—he was condemned at the time that he was a criminal judge. No relaxation of the prosecution or mitigation of the law was procured by the means of any one of the tribunes of the people. At a time that it was contrary to law for him to be taken away from the investigation of the case before him to discharge any duty to the republic whatever;—at that very time, I say, he was hurried off to the investigation. But to what investigation? For the expression of your countenances, O judges, invites me to say freely what I had thought I must have suppressed.

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Pro A. Cluentio

1. iudices Garatoni: iudiciis M μa

2. ad quam quaestionem abreptus est Σ s

3. putaram Manutius: putarem M μa

4. libeat M μ: iubeant b2 ψ2a (? Σ)

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