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in
Siciliam
sum inquirendi causa profectus; quo in negotio industriam meam
celeritas reditionis, diligentiam multitudo litterarum et testium
declaravit, pudorem vero ac religionem quod, cum venissem
senator ad socios populi Romani, qui in ea provincia quaestor
fuissem, ad hospites meos ac necessarios causae communis
defensor deverti potius quam ad eos qui a me auxilium petivissent.
nemini meus adventus labori aut sumptui neque publice neque
privatim fuit: vim in inquirendo tantam habui quantam mihi lex
dabat, non quantam habere poteram istorum1 studio quos iste
vexarat2.
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