M. Tullius Cicero, Pro P. Sulla, ed. Albert Curtis Clark, 50

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[50] 18 ego vero quibus ornamentis adversor tuis aut cui dignitati vestrae repugno? quid est quod iam ab hoc expetas? honos¹ ad patrem, insignia honoris ad te delata sunt. tu ornatus² exuviis³ huius⁴ venis ad eum lacerandum quem interemisti, ego iacentem et spoliatum defendo et protego. atque hic tu et reprehendis me quia defendam et irasceris; ego autem non modo tibi non irascor sed ne⁵ reprehendo quidem factum tuum. te enim existimo tibi statuisse quid faciendum putares et satis idoneum offici tui⁶ iudicem esse⁷ potuisse⁸.

Pro P. Sulla. M. Tullius Cicero. ed. Albert Curtis Clark. Oxonii. 1911.

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Pro P. Sulla (Latin) (Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes, Volume 6. Clark, Albert Curtis, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911.)

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For P. Sulla Perseus (Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 2. Yonge, Charles Duke, translator. London: Bell, 1856.) — 50 focus

[50] But now what promotion of yours am I opposing? or what dignity of yours am I throwing obstacles in the way of? what is there which you can at present seek from this proceeding? Honour has been conferred on your father; the insignia of honour have descended to you. You, adorned with his spoils, come to tear the body of him whom you have slain; I am defending and protecting him who is lying prostrate and stripped of his arms. And on this you find fault with me, and are angry because I defend him. But I not only am not angry with you, but I do not even find fault with your proceeding. For I imagine that you have laid down a rule for yourself as to what you thought that you ought to do, and that you have appointed a very capable judge of your duty.

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Pro P. Sulla

1. honos T: honor cett.

2. ornatus huius c2k

3. exuviis TE: eximiis π: et uiuus a: eripuis p: erumnis cett.

4. huius E: om. cett.

5. ne T: neque cett.

6. tui TE: om. cett.

7. esse suppl. Halm

8. potuisse T: posuisse cett.

M. Tullius Cicero Pro P. Sulla 50

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