Mil. 18.1Vidēte, iūdicēs, quantae rēs hīs testimōniīs sint cōnfectae.See, judges, how much has been settled by this evidence. Mil. 18.1Prīmum certē līberātur Milō nōn eō cōnsiliō profectus esse ut īnsidiārētur in viā Clōdiō: quippe, sī ille obvius eī futūrus omnīnō nōn erat.First, Milo is certainly cleared of having set out with the intention of ambushing Clodius on the road: naturally, if Clodius was not going to meet him at all. Mil. 18.1Deinde—nōn enim videō cūr nōn meum quoque agam negōtium—scītis, iūdicēs, fuisse quī in hāc rogātiōne suādendā dīceret Milōnis manū caedem esse factam, cōnsiliō vērō maiōris alicuius.Next — for I do not see why I should not plead my own case too — you know, judges, that there were those who, in urging this bill, said that the killing had been done by Milo's hand but by the plan of someone greater. Mil. 18.1Mē vidēlicet latrōnem ac sīcārium abiectī hominēs et perditī dēscrībēbant.It was I, of course, whom those abject and desperate men described as the brigand and assassin. Mil. 18.1Iacent suīs testibus quī Clōdium negant eō diē Rōmam, nisi dē Cȳrō audīsset, fuisse reditūrum.They are struck down by their own witnesses, those who say that Clodius would not have returned to Rome that day had he not heard about Cyrus.
Mil. 18.1Respīrāvī, līberātus sum;I breathe again, I am cleared; Mil. 18.1nōn vereor nē, quod nē suspicārī quidem potuerim, videar id cōgitāsse.I do not fear that I may seem to have planned what I could not even have suspected. Mil. 18.48Nunc persequar cētera;Now I shall pursue the rest; Mil. 18.48nam occurrit illud: "Igitur nē Clōdius quidem dē īnsidiīs cōgitāvit, quoniam fuit in Albānō mānsūrus."for this objection occurs: 'So Clodius did not plan an ambush either, since he was going to stay at his Alban villa.' Mil. 18.48Sī quidem exitūrus ad caedem ē vīllā nōn fuisset.True — if he had not been about to leave the villa to commit murder. Mil. 18.48Videō enim illum quī dīcātur dē Cȳrī morte nūntiāsse nōn id nūntiāsse, sed Milōnem appropinquāre.For I see that the man who is said to have brought news of Cyrus' death brought not that news, but news that Milo was approaching. Mil. 18.48Nam quid dē Cȳrō nūntiāret quem Clōdius Rōmā proficīscēns relīquerat morientem?For what news would he bring about Cyrus, whom Clodius had left dying when he set out from Rome?
Mil. 18.48Testāmentum simul obsignāvī, ūnā fuī;I put my seal to the will along with him; I was there with him; Mil. 18.48testāmentum autem palam fēcerat et illum hērēdem et mē scrīpserat.and he had made his will openly, and had written down Clodius and me as heirs. Mil. 18.48Quem prīdiē hōrā tertiā animam efflantem relīquisset, eum mortuum postrīdiē hōrā decimā dēnique eī nūntiābātur?Was the news only being brought to him at the tenth hour on the following day that the man whom he had left breathing his last at the third hour the day before was dead?