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For I confess that, if Roscius touched anything on their joint
account, he ought to pay it to the partnership. Did he settle the quarrel of the
partnership, and not merely his own, when he received this farm from Flavius? If so, why
did he not give security to Flavius, that no one else should make any demand on him? He
who settles his own demand only, leaves to the rest their right of action unimpaired; he
who acts for his partners, gives security that none of them shall afterwards make any
demand. Why did it not occur to Flavius to take this precaution for himself? Was he,
forsooth, not aware that Panurgus belonged to a partnership. He knew that. Was he not
aware that Fannius was Roscius' partner? Thoroughly; for he himself had a law-suit
commenced with him.
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