Tum Secundus Nihilne te inquit, Materne, fabulae malignorum terrent quo minus offensas Catonis tui ames? An ideo librum istum adprehendisti ut diligentius retractares et, sublatis si qua pravae interpretationi materiam dederunt, emitteres Catonem non quidem meliorem, sed tamen securiorem?  Tum ille: Leges tu quid Maternus sibi debuerit, et adgnosces quae audisti.
whereupon Secundus said, Has the talk of your detractors no terrors for you, Maternus? Does it not make you feel less enamoured of that exasperating Cato of yours? Or is it with the idea of going carefully over it that you have taken your drama in hand, intending to cut out any passages that may have given a handle for misrepresentation, and then to publish your Cato, if not better than it was at least not so dangerous? To this he rejoined, The reading of it will show you what Maternus considered his duty to himself: you will find it just as you heard it read.
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