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nunc iam aperte rem publicam universam
petis, templa deorum immortalium, tecta urbis, vitam omnium
civium, Italiam1 totam ad exitium et2 vastitatem vocas.
qua re, quoniam id quod est primum, et quod huius
imperi disciplinaeque maiorum proprium est, facere nondum
audeo, faciam id quod est ad severitatem lenius, ad3
communem salutem utilius. nam si te interfici iussero,
residebit in re publica reliqua coniuratorum manus; sin tu,
quod te iam dudum hortor, exieris, exhaurietur ex urbe
tuorum comitum4 magna et perniciosa sentina rei publicae.
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