Cicero Pro Caelio 62

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'immo' inquit 'cum servi ad dominam rem totam et maleficium Caeli detulissent, mulier ingeniosa praecepit his ut omnia Caelio pollicerentur;

Very true, says he, and when the slaves had reported to their mistress the whole transaction and the guilty designs of Caelius, that crafty woman enjoined her slaves to promise Caelius everything;

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sed ut venenum, cum a Licinio traderetur, manifesto comprehendi posset,

but in order that the poison when it was being delivered to them by Licinius, might be clearly detected,

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constitui locum iussit balneas Senias, ut eo mitteret amicos qui delitiscerent,

she commanded them to appoint the strangers' baths as the place where it was to he delivered in order to send thither friends to lie in ambush there

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deinde repente, cum venisset Licinius venenumque traderet, prosilirent hominemque comprenderent.'

and then on a sudden, when Licinius had arrived and was delivering the poison, to jump out, and arrest the man.

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sed ut venenum, cum a Licinio traderetur, manifesto comprehendi posset,

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but in order that the poison when it was being delivered to them by Licinius, might be clearly detected,

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constitui locum iussit balneas Senias, ut eo mitteret amicos qui delitiscerent,

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deinde repente, cum venisset Licinius venenumque traderet, prosilirent hominemque comprenderent.'

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Cicero Pro Caelio 62