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When I urged at
some length the argument, that plot might have been laid against Scamander by Diogenes, and
that it might have been arranged between them on some other account that Diogenes should bring
him medicine, not poison that this might happen to any one; he asked why he came into such a
place as that, into so secret a place, why he came by himself, why he came with a sum of money
sealed up. And lastly, at this point, our cause was weighed down by witnesses, most honourable
men. Marcus Bebrius said that Diogenes had been bought by his advice, and that he was present
when Scamander was seized with the poison and the money in his possession. Publius Quintilius
Varus a man of the most scrupulous honour, and of the greatest authority, said that
Cleophantus had conversed with him about the plots which were being laid against Habitus, and
about the tampering with Diogenes, while the matter was fresh.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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