[100] De Oratore, lib. ii., c. xlix. The feeling is beautifully expressed in the words put into the mouth of Antony in the discussion on the charms and attributes of eloquence: "Qui mihi in liberum loco more majorum esse deberet."
[101] In Q. Cæc. Divinatio, ca. ii.
[102] Divinatio, ca. iii.
[103] Ibid., ca. vi.
[104] Ibid., ca. viii.
[105] Divinatio, ca. ix.
[106] Ibid., ca. xi.
[107] Ibid.
[108] Ibid., ca. xii.
[109] Actio Secunda, lib. ii., xl. He is speaking of Sthenius, and the illegality of certain proceedings on the part of Verres against him. "If an accused man could be condemned in the absence of the accuser, do you think that I would have gone in a little boat from Vibo to Velia, among all the dangers prepared for me by your fugitive slaves and pirates, when I had to hurry at the peril of my life, knowing that you would escape if I were not present to the day?"