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Julius Cesar divorced his Wife Pompeia because her Reputation was not altogether without blemish, and that she was suspected of having an Amour with Clodius: Clodius was accused upon that account; and Cesar being summon’d to depose against him, said, he never could find that he had done any ill thing with his Wife: Why then did you part from her? ask’d somebody; Because, answered he, Cesars Wife ought to live with so much reserve as to be even beyond the reach of Calumny.
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Jules Cesar repudia Pompeia sa Femme, à cause que sa reputation n’ètoit pas fort honnête, & qu’on la soupçonnoit d’avoir commerce avéc Clodius; comme on accusoit celui-ci de Crime, Cesar appellé pour deposer contre lui, dit, qu’il n’avoit pas reconnu qu’il eût fait aucun mal avec sa Femme; pourquoy donc l’avez vous repudiée, lui dit on, parce que, répondit-il, il faut que l’Epouse de Cesar, vive avec tant de Modestie, qu’elle soit même hors des atteintes de la Calomnie.