De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
Equidem hoc saepe audivi: cum aedilitatem P. Crassus peteret eumque maior natu et iam consularis Ser. Galba adsectaretur, quod Crassi filiam Gaio filio suo despondisset, accessisse ad Crassum consulendi causa quendam rusticanum, qui cum Crassum seduxisset atque ad eum rettulisset responsumque ab eo verum magis quam ad suam rem accommodatum abstulisset, ut eum tristem Galba vidit, nomine appellavit quaesivitque, qua de re ad Crassum rettulisset; ex quo ut audivit commotumque
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ut vidit hominem, "suspenso" inquit "animo et occupato Crassum tibi respondisse video," deinde ipsum Crassum manu prehendit et "heus tu," inquit "quid tibi in mentem venit ita respondere?" Tum ille fidenter homo peritissimus confirmare ita se rem habere, ut respondisset, nec dubium esse posse; Galba autem adludens varie et copiose multas similitudines adferre multaque pro aequitate contra ius dicere; atque illum, cum disserendo par esse non posset— quamquam fuit Crassus in numero disertorum, sed par Galbae nullo modo—ad auctores confugisse et id, quod ipse diceret, et in P. Muci fratris sui libris et in Sex. Aeli commentariis scriptum protulisse ac tamen concessisse Galbae disputationem sibi probabilem et prope veram videri.
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