Cui quidem hodierno die, patres conscripti'nunc enim primum ita convenimus ut illius beneficio possemus ea quae sentiremus libere dicere'tribuenda est auctoritas, ut rem publicam non modo a se susceptam sed etiam a nobis commendatam possit defendere.
Today, Members of the Senate, since for the first time thanks to him we have met under conditions which make it possible for us to give free expression to our sentiments, we must grant him authority so that he can defend the Republic not only on his own initiative but with our blessing.
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