Mur. 33.1"Multī obviam prōdiērunt dē prōvinciā dēcēdentī."'Many went out to meet him when he was returning from his province.' Mur. 33.1Cōnsulātum petentī solet fierī;That is usual for someone standing for the consulship; Mur. 33.1eccui autem nōn prōditur revertentī?and indeed, who is not met when he comes home? Mur. 33.1"Quae fuit ista multitūdō?"'What was that crowd?' Mur. 33.1Prīmum, sī tibi istam ratiōnem nōn possim reddere, quid habet admīrātiōnis tālī virō advenientī, candidātō cōnsulārī, obviam prōdīsse multōs?First, even if I could not give you an account of it, what is there to wonder at in many people having gone out to meet such a man on his arrival, a candidate for the consulship? Mur. 33.1quod nisi esset factum, magis mīrandum vidērētur.if that had not happened, it would seem more surprising. Mur. 33.69Quid?What of this? Mur. 33.69sī etiam illud addam quod ā cōnsuētūdine nōn abhorret, rogātōs esse multōs, num aut crīminōsum sit aut mīrandum, quā in cīvitāte rogātī īnfimōrum hominum fīliōs prope dē nocte ex ultimā saepe urbe dēductum venīre soleāmus, in eā nōn esse gravātōs hominēs prōdīre hōrā tertiā in campum Mārtium, praesertim tālis virī nōmine rogātōs?if I were also to add, what is not out of keeping with custom, that many were asked, would it be either criminal or surprising that in a state where, when asked, we regularly come almost before dawn, often from the furthest end of the city, to escort the sons of men of the lowest rank, men should not have been reluctant to go out at the third hour to the Campus Martius, especially when asked in the name of such a man?
Mur. 33.69Quid?What of this? Mur. 33.69sī omnēs societātēs vēnērunt quārum ex numerō multī sedent iūdicēs;if all the companies came, from whose number many sit here as judges; Mur. 33.69quid?what then? Mur. 33.69sī multī hominēs nostrī ōrdinis honestissimī;if many most honourable men of our order came; Mur. 33.69quid?what then? Mur. 33.69sī illa officiōsissima quae nēminem patitur nōn honestē in urbem introīre tōta nātiō candidātōrum, sī dēnique ipse accūsātor noster Postumus obviam cum bene magnā catervā suā vēnit, quid habet ista multitūdō admīrātiōnis?if that whole most dutiful tribe of candidates, which allows no one to enter the city without honour, came, if finally our accuser Postumus himself came to meet him with a pretty large crowd of his own, what is there to wonder at in that crowd? Mur. 33.69Omittō clientīs, vīcīnōs, tribulīs, exercitum tōtum Lūcullī quī ad triumphum per eōs diēs vēnerat;I pass over his clients, neighbours, fellow tribesmen, and the whole army of Lucullus, which had come in those days for his triumph; Mur. 33.69hoc dīcō, frequentiam in istō officiō grātuītam nōn modo dignitātī nūllīus umquam sed nē voluntātī quidem dēfuisse.this I say, that a crowd rendering this service free of charge has never been lacking to anyone's standing, nor even to anyone's wishes.
Mur. 33.69At sectābantur multī.But many followed him about.