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A second time, as he had no place anywhere where he could remain, he betook
himself to Rome. Hermippus, who never yields to his impudence, follows him hither. Heraclides
demands from Caius Plotius, a senator, a man of the highest character, who had served in Asia
as lieutenant some slaves, which he said he had sold under compulsion, at a time when an
unjust decision had been given against him. Quintus Naso, a most accomplished man, who had
been praetor, is appointed judge; and when he showed that he was going to give sentence in
favour of Plotius, Heraclides left the judge, and abandoned the whole cause as if he had not
had a fair and legal trial. Do I appear to you, O judges, to be dwelling too much on each
individual witness, and not to be discussing the whole class of witnesses, as I originally
intended?
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