Sperata libertas." [69] Pro Sexto Roscio, ca.

xxviii.
[70] Ibid.
[71] Ibid., ca.

xxxi.
[72] Pro Sexto Roscio, ca.

xlv.
[73] Pro Sexto Roscio, ca.xlvi.The whole picture of Chrysogonus, of his house, of his luxuries, and his vanity, is too long for quotation, but is worth referring to by those who wish to see how bold and how brilliant Cicero could be.
[74] They put in tablets of wax, on which they recorded their judgment by inscribing letter, C, A, or NL--Condemno, Absolvo, or Non liquet--intending to show that the means of coming to a decision did not seem to be sufficient.
[75] Quintilian tells us, lib.x., ca.vii., that Cicero's speeches as they had come to his day had been abridged--by which he probably means only arranged--by Tiro, his slave and secretary and friend.

"Nam Ciceronis ad praesens modo tempus aptatos libertus Tiro contraxit." [76] Quintilian, lib.xi., ca.