Cael. 22.1Quid ego nunc argūmentīs huic crīminī, quae sunt innumerābilia, resistam?Why should I now resist this charge with arguments, which are countless? Cael. 22.1Possum dīcere mōrēs M. Caelī longissimē ā tantī sceleris atrōcitāte esse disiūnctōs;I can say that the character of Marcus Caelius is very far removed from the atrocity of so great a crime; Cael. 22.1minimē esse crēdendum hominī tam ingeniōsō tamque prūdentī nōn vēnisse in mentem rem tantī sceleris ignōtīs aliēnīsque servīs nōn esse crēdendam.that it is not at all to be believed that it did not occur to so clever and so shrewd a man that a matter of so great a crime was not to be entrusted to unknown slaves belonging to another. Cael. 22.1Possum etiam alia et cēterōrum patrōnōrum et meā cōnsuētūdine ab accūsātōre perquīrere, ubi sit congressus cum servīs Lucceī Caelius, quī eī fuerit aditus;I can also, following both the practice of other advocates and my own, inquire of the prosecutor where Caelius met with the slaves of Lucceius, what access he had to them; Cael. 22.1sī per sē, quā temeritāte!if he did it himself, what recklessness!
Cael. 22.1sī per alium, per quem?if through someone else, through whom? Cael. 22.1Possum omnīs latebrās suspīciōnum peragrāre dīcendō;I can range in my speech through all the hiding-places of suspicion; Cael. 22.1nōn causa, nōn locus, nōn facultās, nōn cōnscius, nōn perficiendī, nōn occultandī maleficī spēs, nōn ratiō ūlla, nōn vestīgium maximī facinoris reperiētur.no motive, no place, no opportunity, no accomplice, no hope of carrying out or concealing the crime, no plan of any kind, no trace of this enormous deed will be found. Cael. 22.54Sed haec quae sunt ōrātōris propria, quae mihi nōn propter ingenium meum sed propter hanc exercitātiōnem ūsumque dīcendī frūctum aliquem ferre potuissent, cum ā mē ipsō ēlabōrāta prōferrī vidērentur, brevitātis causā relinquō omnia.But these things, which are the orator's own, which might have brought me some profit, not because of my talent but because of this practice and experience in speaking, since they would seem to be put forward as worked up by me myself, I leave all aside for the sake of brevity. Cael. 22.54Habeō enim, iūdicēs, quem vōs socium vestrae religiōnis iūrisque iūrandī facile esse patiāminī, L. Lucceium, sānctissimum hominem et gravissimum testem, quī tantum facinus in fāmam atque in fortūnās suās neque nōn audīsset inlātum ā M. Caeliō neque neglēxisset neque tulisset.For I have, judges, a man whom you would readily accept as a partner in your sacred obligation and oath, Lucius Lucceius, a most upright man and a most weighty witness, who would neither have failed to hear of so great a crime brought by Marcus Caelius against his good name and fortunes, nor have disregarded it, nor have borne it.
Cael. 22.54An ille vir illā hūmānitāte praeditus, illīs studiīs, illīs artibus atque doctrīnā illīus ipsīus perīculum quem propter haec ipsa studia dīligēbat, neglegere potuisset et, quod facinus in aliēnum hominem intentum sevērē acciperet, id omīsisset cūrāre in hospitem?Could that man, endowed with such culture, such studies, such arts and learning, have disregarded the danger of that very man whom he loved because of those very studies, and would he have failed to care about a crime aimed at his guest, which he would have taken seriously if it were aimed at a stranger? Cael. 22.54quod per ignōtōs āctum sī comperisset dolēret, id ā suīs servīs temptātum esse neglegeret?would he disregard an attempt made by his own slaves, which he would be grieved to discover if it had been carried out by strangers? Cael. 22.54quod in agrīs locīsve pūblicīs factum reprehenderet, id in urbe ac domī suae coeptum esse lēniter ferret?would he bear calmly a thing begun in the city and in his own house, which he would censure if it were done in the countryside or in public places?
Cael. 22.54quod in alicuius agrestis perīculō nōn praetermitteret, id homō ērudītus in īnsidiīs doctissimī hominis dissimulandum putāret?would he, a learned man, think he should hide a plot against a most learned man, which he would not pass over if some rustic were in danger? Cael. 22.55Sed cūr diūtius vōs, iūdicēs, teneō?But why do I detain you longer, judges? Cael. 22.55Ipsīus iūrātī religiōnem auctōritātemque percipite atque omnia dīligenter testimōnī verba cognōscite.Mark the religious scruple and the authority of the man himself under oath, and take careful note of every word of his testimony. Cael. 22.55Recitā.Read it out. Cael. 22.55" L. Lucceī testimōnium."'The testimony of Lucius Lucceius.' Cael. 22.55Quid exspectātis amplius?What more are you waiting for? Cael. 22.55an aliquam vōcem putātis ipsam prō sē causam et vēritātem posse mittere?or do you think that the case and the truth could send forth some voice of their own on their behalf? Cael. 22.55Haec est innocentiae dēfēnsiō, haec ipsīus causae ōrātiō, haec ūna vōx vēritātis.This is the defence of innocence, this the speech of the case itself, this the one voice of truth.
Cael. 22.55In crīmine ipsō nūlla suspīciō est, in rē nihil est argūmentī, in negōtiō quod āctum esse dīcitur nūllum vestīgium sermōnis, locī, temporis;In the charge itself there is no ground for suspicion, in the matter there is no proof, in the transaction which is said to have taken place there is no trace of any conversation, place or time; Cael. 22.55nēmō testis, nēmō cōnscius nōminātur, tōtum crīmen prōfertur ex inimīcā, ex īnfāmī, ex crūdēlī, ex facinerōsā, ex libīdinōsā domō.no witness, no accomplice is named, the whole charge is brought forth from a hostile, an infamous, a cruel, a criminal, a lustful house. Cael. 22.55Domus autem illa quae temptāta esse scelere istō nefāriō dīcitur plēna est integritātis, dignitātis, officī, religiōnis;But that house which is said to have been tempted by this wicked crime is full of integrity, honour, duty and religious scruple; Cael. 22.55ex quā domō recitātur vōbīs iūre iūrandō dēvīncta auctōritās, ut rēs minimē dubitanda in contentiōne pōnātur, utrum temerāria, procāx, īrāta mulier finxisse crīmen, an gravis sapiēns moderātusque vir religiōsē testimōnium dīxisse videātur.from that house testimony bound by an oath is read out to you, so that the question in dispute is one hardly to be doubted: whether a reckless, wanton, angry woman seems to have invented a charge, or a grave, wise and temperate man to have given his evidence scrupulously.