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Are
you going to bring up against me troops and armies of Sardinians? and are you going to
endeavour to frighten me, not by accusations, but by the roaring of Africans? I shall not,
indeed, be able to argue, but I shall be able [to flee for refuge to] the good faith and
clemency of these [judges, to their regard for their oaths, to the equity of the Roman people,
which has considered the family of Scaurus as one of the chief families in the city; and I
shall be able to implore the divine protection of the immortal gods, who have always been
favourers of his race and name.
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