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etenim iam diu, patres
conscripti, in his periculis coniurationis insidiisque versamur,
sed nescio quo pacto omnium scelerum ac veteris furoris et
audaciae maturitas in nostri consulatus tempus erupit. nunc1
si ex tanto latrocinio iste unus tolletur, videbimur fortasse
ad breve quoddam tempus cura et metu esse relevati, periculum
autem residebit et erit inclusum penitus in venis
atque in visceribus rei publicae. Vt saepe homines aegri
morbo gravi, cum aestu febrique iactantur, si aquam gelidam
biberunt2, primo relevari videntur, deinde multo gravius
vehementiusque adflictantur, sic hic morbus qui est in re
publica relevatus istius poena vehementius reliquis vivis
ingravescet3.
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