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decurionum . . . decem primi, Introd. note 31. fit ut proficiscantur, etc. Note the pres. tense, carried graphically into the subordinate clauses : cf. § 110, monet ut provideat, ne . . . agatur; but below, allegat, qui peterent.

scelere: §7, note.

decretum decurionum. Omitted by Cicero in the published edition of the speech.

intellegitur, it can be understood, in English ; sc. from what happened to the embassy.

allegat qui peterent: here the historic present is strictly treated and has a historic tense after it.

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