M. Tullius Cicero, Pro L. Murena, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 85

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[85] sed quid tandem fiet, si haec elapsa de manibus nostris in eum annum qui consequitur redundarint? Vnus erit consul, et is non in administrando bello sed in sufficiendo conlega occupatus. hunc iam qui impedituri sint¹ illa pestis immanis² importuna Catilinae prorumpet, qua po³ minatur; in agros suburbanos repente advolabit; versabitur in urbe⁴ furor, in curia timor, in foro coniuratio, in campo exercitus, in agris vastitas; omni autem in sede ac loco ferrum flammamque metuemus. quae iam diu comparantur, eadem ista omnia, si ornata suis praesidiis erit res publica, facile et magistratuum consiliis et privatorum diligentia comprimentur⁵.

Pro L. Murena. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxford. 1908.

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

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For L. Murena Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 85 focus

[85] But still, what will be the consequences if these things slip through our hands and remain in vigour till the ensuing year? There will be but one consul; and he will have sufficient occupation, not in conducting a war, but in managing the election of a colleague. Those who will hinder him
That intolerable pest, will break forth wherever it can find room; and even now it is threatening the Roman people; soon it will descend upon the suburban districts; frenzy will range at large among the camp, fear in the senate-house, conspiracy in the forum, an army in the Campus Martius, and devastation all over the country. In every habitation, and in every place, we shall live in fear of fire and sword. And yet all these evils, which have been so long making ready against us, if the republic is fortified by its natural means of protection, will be easily put down by the counsels of the magistrates and the diligence of private individuals. 40

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Pro L. Murena

1. sint sequitur lacuna in codd. (2 vers. et 5 litt. in Σ, 2 vers. in A, variant cett.)

2. pestis immanis (immanis et A) A πφψω: om. Σχ prorumpet A φω: perrumpet Σπψ: perrumperet χ

3. qua po... Σχ: qua p. r. A πψ1: qua populo Romano φ: qua poterit et iam ψ22 advolabit edd. VR: advolavit mei

4. in urbe Halm: ...... Σχ: L. Catilinae A: in castris ( om. versabitur ψ1) πφψω: in rostris Lag. 24

5. comprimentur Lag. 24. Lambinus: confirmentur (-matur φ) mei

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