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qua re, iudices, si scelus
odistis, prohibete aditum1 matris a fili sanguine, date parenti
hunc incredibilem dolorem ex salute, ex victoria liberum,
patimini matrem, ne orbata filio laetetur, victam potius
vestra2 aequitate discedere. sin autem, id quod vestra
natura postulat, pudorem bonitatem3 virtutemque diligitis,
levate hunc aliquando supplicem vestrum, iudices, tot annos
in falsa invidia periculisque versatum, qui nunc primum
post illam flammam aliorum facto et cupiditate excitatam
spe vestrae aequitatis erigere animum et paulum respirare
a metu coepit, cui posita sunt in vobis omnia, quem servatum
esse plurimi cupiunt, servare soli vos potestis.
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