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Therefore, when I had demanded a very short time
to prosecute my inquiries in Sicily, he
found a man to ask for two days less to make investigations in Achaia; 1 not with any real intention of doing the
same with his diligence and industry, that I have accomplished by my labour, and
daily and nightly investigations. For the Achaean inquisitor never even arrived at
Brundusium. I in fifty days so
traveled over the whole of Sicily that I
examined into the records and injuries of all the tribes and of all private
individuals, so that it was easily visible to every one, that he had been seeking
out a man not really for the purpose of bringing the defendant whom he accused to
trial, but merely to occupy the time which ought to belong to me.
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1 It is not certainly known what Cicero refers to here.
M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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