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[16] hanc taetram immanemque beluam, vinctam auspiciis, adligatam more maiorum, constrictam legum sacratarum catenis, solvit subito lege curiata1 consul, vel, ut ego arbitror, exoratus vel, ut non nemo putabat2, mihi iratus3, ignarus quidem certe et imprudens impendentium tantorum scelerum et malorum. qui tribunus plebis felix in evertenda re publica fuit nullis suis nervis—qui enim in eius modi vita nervi esse potuerunt hominis fraternis flagitiis, sororiis stupris,


1 lege curiata Turnebus: legum curiata P (sed duobus extremis litteris expunctis: legum curia B): legum rell.

2 putabat Schol.: putare P1. putaret rell. Num putare malebat ?

3 mihi iratus Naugerius (2): miratus (iuratus b2) codd. praeter Schol. (iratus)

M. Tullius Cicero. M. Tulli Ciceronis Orationes: Recognovit brevique adnotatione critica instruxit Albertus Curtis Clark. Albert Clark. Oxonii. e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1909. Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis.

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