Quin igitur tandem expergiscimini ac vos cogitatis apud Claudium Maximum dicere, apud virum severum et totius provinciae negotiis occupatum? Quin, inquam, vana haec convicia aufertis? Quin ostenditis quod insimulavistis: scelera immania et inconcessa maleficia et artis nefandas? Cur vestra oratio rebus flaccet, strepitu viget? Aggredior enim iam ad ipsum crimen magiae, quod ingenti tumultu ad invidiam mei accensum frustrata expectatione omnium per nescio quas anilis fabulas defraglavit.
Wont you come to your senses at last, and remember that you are speaking before Claudius Maximus, an upright man busy with the affairs of the entire province? I repeat, wont you drop this empty abuse? Wont you prove your allegations'monstrous crimes, forbidden magic, the black arts? Why is your speech so weak on facts and so strong on noise? Well, I now come to the actual charge of magic, which he set ablaze with a tremendous roar to make me disliked, and then, disappointing everyones expectation, doused it with a few old wives tales.
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