Both then I afforded the aid which I could to all collectively, and now I will afford it to each individually.

Now with respect to the Gallic treasures, the mode of interrogation renders difficult a matter which in itself is easy.

For why do you ask that which you know?
why do you order that which is in your own laps to be shaken out of them rather than resign it, unless some fraud lurks beneath?
The more you require your own impositions to be examined into, the more do I dread lest you should blind the eyes of those narrowly watching you.

Wherefore, it is not I that am to be compelled to discover your hoard, but you must be forced to produce it to the public." 16.

When the dictator ordered him to lay aside evasion, and urged him to prove the truth of his information, or to own the guilt of having advanced a false accusation against the senate, and of having exposed them to the odium of a lying charge of concealment; when he refused to speak, to meet the wishes of his enemies, he ordered him to be carried off to prison.