Cicero Pro Caelio 35

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sed quid ego, iudices, ita gravem personam induxi ut verear ne se idem Appius repente convertat et Caelium incipiat accusare illa sua gravitate censoria?
But why, O judges, have I brought a person on the scene, of such gravity as to make me fear that this same Appius may on a sudden turn round and begin also to accuse Caelius with the severity which belongs to the censor?
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sed videro hoc posterius atque ita, iudices, ut vel severissimis disceptatoribus M. Caeli vitam me probaturum esse confidam.
But I will look to this presently, and I will discuss it, O judges, so that I feel sure that I shall show even the most rigid scrutineers reason to approve of the habits of life of Marcus Caelius.
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tu vero, mulier — iam enim ipse tecum nulla persona introducta loquor —
But you, O woman, (for now I speak to you myself, without the intervention of any imaginary character)
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si ea quae facis, quae dicis, quae insimulas, quae moliris, quae arguis, probare cogitas, rationem tantae familiaritatis,
if you are thinking of making us approve of what you are doing, and what you are saying, and what you are charging us with, and what you are intending, and what you are seeking to achieve by this prosecution,
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tantae consuetudinis, tantae coniunctionis reddas atque exponas necesse est.
you must give an intelligible and satisfactory account of your great familiarity, your intimate connection, your extraordinary union with him.
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accusatores quidem libidines, amores, adulteria, Baias, actas, convivia, comissationes, cantus, symphonias, navigia iactant, idemque significant nihil se te invita dicere.
The accusers talk to us about lusts, and loves, and adulteries, and Baiae, and doings on the sea-shore, and banquets, and revels, and songs, and music parties, and water parties; and intimate also that they do not mention all these things without
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(...)
your consent.
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quae tu quoniam mente nescio qua effrenata atque praecipiti in forum deferri iudiciumque voluisti,
And as for you, since, through some unbridled and headlong fury which I cannot comprehend, you have chosen these things to be brought into court, and dilated on at this trial, you must either efface the charges yourself, and show that they are
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without foundation.
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aut diluas oportet ac falsa esse doceas aut nihil neque crimini tuo neque testimonio credendum esse fateare.
or else you must confess that no credit is to be given to any accusations which you may make, or to any evidence which you may give.
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sed videro hoc posterius atque ita, iudices, ut vel severissimis disceptatoribus M. Caeli vitam me probaturum esse confidam.

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But I will look to this presently, and I will discuss it, O judges, so that I feel sure that I shall show even the most rigid scrutineers reason to approve of the habits of life of Marcus Caelius.

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tu vero, mulier — iam enim ipse tecum nulla persona introducta loquor —

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si ea quae facis, quae dicis, quae insimulas, quae moliris, quae arguis, probare cogitas, rationem tantae familiaritatis,

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tantae consuetudinis, tantae coniunctionis reddas atque exponas necesse est.

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