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certainly must be proved to the satisfaction of every one, that Quinctius while absent
was defended at the trial. And as that is the ease, his goods were not taken possession
of in accordance with the edict. But then, the tribunes of the people did not even hear
his cause. I admit, if that be the case, that the agent ought to have obeyed the decree
of the praetor. What; if Marcus Brutus openly said that he would intercede 1 unless some agreement was come to between
Alphenus himself and Naevius; does not the appeal to the tribunes seem to have been
interposed not for the sake of delay but of assistance?
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