Mil. 25.1Nōn iam hoc Clōdiānum crīmen timēmus, sed tuās, Cn. Pompēī—tē enim appellō et eā vōce ut mē exaudīre possīs —tuās, inquam, suspīciōnēs perhorrēscimus.It is no longer this charge concerning Clodius that we fear, but your suspicions, Gnaeus Pompey — for I appeal to you, and in such a voice that you can hear me — your suspicions, I say, are what we dread. Mil. 25.1Sī Milōnem timēs, sī hunc dē tuā vītā nefāriē aut nunc cōgitāre aut mōlītum aliquandō aliquid putās, sī Ītaliae dīlēctūs, ut nōn nūllī conquīsītōrēs tuī dictitārunt, sī haec arma, sī Capitōlīnae cohortēs, sī excubiae, sī vigiliae, sī dēlēcta iuventūs quae tuum corpus domumque custōdit contrā Milōnis impetum armāta est, atque illa omnia in hunc ūnum cōnstitūta, parāta, intenta sunt, magna in hōc certē vīs et incrēdibilis animus et nōn ūnīus virī vīrēs atque opēs iūdicantur, sī quidem in hunc ūnum et praestantissimus dux ēlēctus et tōta rēs pūblica armāta est.If you fear Milo, if you think that he is now wickedly plotting against your life or has at some time contrived something, if the levy of Italy, as some of your recruiting officers have kept saying, if these arms, if the cohorts on the Capitol, if the sentries, if the watches, if the picked young men who guard your person and your house have been armed against an attack by Milo, and all these have been set up, prepared and aimed against this one man, then surely great power and incredible spirit and more than one man's strength and resources are judged to be in him, since against him alone both the most outstanding general has been chosen and the whole state armed.
Mil. 25.68Sed quis nōn intellegit omnīs tibi reī pūblicae partīs aegrās et labantīs, ut eās hīs armīs sānārēs et cōnfirmārēs, esse commissās?But who does not understand that all the parts of the state that were sick and tottering were entrusted to you, so that you might heal and strengthen them with these arms? Mil. 25.68Quod sī locus Milōnī datus esset, probāsset profectō tibi ipsī, nēminem umquam hominem hominī cāriōrem fuisse quam tē sibi;But if Milo had been given the opportunity, he would surely have proved to you yourself that no man had ever been dearer to another than you were to him; Mil. 25.68nūllum sē umquam perīculum prō tuā dignitāte fūgisse, cum illā ipsā taeterrimā peste sē saepissimē prō tuā glōriā contendisse;that he had never shunned any danger for the sake of your standing, and had very often contended for your glory against that most foul plague itself; Mil. 25.68tribūnātum suum ad salūtem meam, quae tibi cārissima fuisset, cōnsiliīs tuīs gubernātum;that his tribunate had been steered by your counsels towards my restoration, which had been very dear to you; Mil. 25.68sē ā tē posteā dēfēnsum in perīculō capitis, adiūtum in petītiōne praetūrae;that he had afterwards been defended by you when his life was at stake, and helped in his candidacy for the praetorship; Mil. 25.68duōs sē habēre semper amīcissimōs spērāsse, tē tuō beneficiō, mē suō.that he had hoped he would always have two very close friends: you, through your kindness, and me, through his own.
Mil. 25.68Quae sī nōn probāret, sī tibi ita penitus inhaesisset ista suspīciō ut nūllō ēvellī posset modō, sī dēnique Ītalia ā dīlēctū, urbs ab armīs sine Milōnis clāde numquam esset conquiētūra, nē ipse haud dubitāns cessisset patriā, is quī ita nātus est et ita cōnsuēvit;If he could not prove this, if that suspicion had lodged in you so deeply that it could not be torn out by any means, if, in short, Italy would never rest from the levy, nor the city from arms, without Milo's ruin, then truly he would have left his country without hesitation, he who was so born and is so accustomed; Mil. 25.68tē, Magne, tamen ante testārētur, quod nunc etiam facit.but first he would call you to witness, Magnus, as he does even now.