The fellow is so cunning, and so ready to pretend ignorance of what is right, that, although he is pressing a suit for false witness, and although you are to cast your votes regarding this, and have sworn so to do, he refused the proffered examination by torture in regard to the testimony （the point to which he should have devoted his argument）, and declares that he requires the slave to be given up for testing in regard to other matters. In this he is lying.
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