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You say that inquiry ought to be instituted whether the men of Marcus Tullius were slain
wrongfully or no. This is the first inquiry that I make about the matter,—whether
that matter has come before the court or not. If it has not come, why then need we say
anything about it, or why need they ask any questions about it? But if it has, what was your
object in making such a long speech to the praetor, to beg him to add to the formula the word
“wrongfully,” and because you had not succeeded, to appeal to the tribunes
of the people, and here before the court to complain of the injustice of the praetor because
he did not add the word “wrongfully.”
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