Mil. 22.1Quod igitur in causā quaerendum est, id agāmus hīc;So let us deal here with what must be inquired into in this case; Mil. 22.1quod tormentīs invenīrī vīs, id fatēmur.what you want discovered by torture, we admit. Mil. 22.1Manū vērō cūr mīserit, sī id potius quaeris quam cūr parum amplīs adfēcerit praemiīs, nescīs inimīcī factum reprehendere.But if you ask why he freed them, rather than why he rewarded them too meagrely, you do not know how to find fault with an enemy's action. Mil. 22.58Dīxit enim hic īdem quī semper omnia cōnstanter et fortiter, M. Catō, et dīxit in turbulentā contiōne, quae tamen huius auctōritāte plācāta est, nōn lībertāte sōlum sed etiam omnibus praemiīs dignissimōs fuisse quī dominī caput dēfendissent.For this same Marcus Cato, who always speaks on every matter with constancy and courage, said — and said it at a turbulent public meeting, which was nevertheless calmed by his authority — that those who had defended their master's life were most worthy not only of freedom but of every reward. Mil. 22.58Quod enim praemium satis magnum est tam benevolīs, tam bonīs, tam fidēlibus servīs, propter quōs vīvit?For what reward is great enough for slaves so loyal, so good, so faithful, thanks to whom he is alive?
Mil. 22.58Etsī id quidem nōn tantī est quam quod propter eōsdem nōn sanguine et volneribus suīs crūdēlissimī inimīcī mentem oculōsque satiāvit.And yet even that is not worth as much as the fact that, thanks to the same men, he did not glut the mind and eyes of his cruellest enemy with his own blood and wounds. Mil. 22.58Quōs nisi manū mīsisset, tormentīs etiam dēdendī fuērunt cōnservātōrēs dominī, ultōrēs sceleris, dēfēnsōrēs necis.Had he not freed them, the preservers of their master, the avengers of a crime, the defenders against murder would even have had to be handed over to torture. Mil. 22.58Hic vērō nihil habet in hīs malīs quod minus molestē ferat quam, etiam sī quid ipsī accidat, esse tamen illīs meritum praemium persolūtum.Indeed, among these misfortunes there is nothing he bears with less distress than that, even if something should happen to him, they have nevertheless been paid the reward they deserved. Mil. 22.59Sed quaestiōnēs urgent Milōnem, quae sunt habitae nunc in ātriō Lībertātis.But Milo is pressed hard by the examinations which have just been held in the Hall of Liberty.
Mil. 22.59Quibusnam dē servīs?Of which slaves, pray? Mil. 22.59"Rogās?'Need you ask? Mil. 22.59dē P. Clōdī."Those of Publius Clodius.' Mil. 22.59Quis eōs postulāvit?Who demanded them? Mil. 22.59"Appius."'Appius.' Mil. 22.59Quis prōdūxit?Who produced them? Mil. 22.59"Appius."'Appius.' Mil. 22.59Vnde?From where? Mil. 22.59"ab Appiō."'From Appius' house.' Mil. 22.59Dī bonī!Good gods! Mil. 22.59quid potest agī sevērius?what could be done more rigorously? Mil. 22.59Proximē deōs Clōdius accessit, propius quam tum cum ad ipsōs penetrārat, cuius dē morte tamquam dē caerimōniīs violātīs quaeritur.Clodius has come very near the gods — nearer than when he forced his way in to them in person — since his death is being investigated as though it were a violation of sacred rites. Mil. 22.59Sed tamen maiōrēs nostrī in dominum quaerī nōluērunt, nōn quia nōn posset vērum invenīrī, sed quia vidēbātur indignum et dominīs morte ipsā trīstius: in reum dē servō accūsātōris cum quaeritur, vērum invenīrī potest?Yet our ancestors refused to allow slaves to be examined against their master, not because the truth could not be found, but because it seemed degrading and more bitter to masters than death itself: when the prosecutor's slave is examined against the accused, can the truth be found?
Mil. 22.60Age vērō, quae erat aut quālis quaestiō?Come now, what was the examination, and of what sort? Mil. 22.60"Heus tū, Rūfiō," verbī causā, "cavē sīs mentiāre: Clōdius īnsidiās fēcit Milōnī?"'Hey, you, Rufio,' for example, 'mind you don't lie: did Clodius lay an ambush for Milo?' Mil. 22.60"Fēcit;"'He did;' Mil. 22.60certa crux.certain crucifixion. Mil. 22.60"Nūllās fēcit:" spērāta lībertās.'He did not:' freedom in prospect. Mil. 22.60Quid hāc quaestiōne certius?What could be more reliable than this examination? Mil. 22.60Subitō adreptī in quaestiōnem tamen sēparantur cēterī et in arcās coniciuntur nē quis cum eīs conloquī possit: hī centum diēs penes accūsātōrem cum fuissent ab eō ipsō accūsātōre prōductī sunt.When slaves are suddenly seized for examination, the rest are nevertheless separated and thrown into cells so that no one can talk with them: these men, after spending a hundred days in the prosecutor's custody, were produced by that same prosecutor. Mil. 22.60Quid hāc quaestiōne dīcī potest integrius, quid incorruptius?What can be called more impartial than this examination, what more incorrupt?