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Egreditur in Centuripina quadriremi Cleomenes e portu; sequitur Segesta navis Tyndaris, Herbitensis, Heracliensis, Apolloniensis, Haluntia, praeclara classis in species, sed inops et infirma prompter dismissionem propugnatorum atque remigum. Tam diu in imperio suo classis iste praetor diligens vidit quam diu convivium eius flagitiosissimum praetervecta est; ipse autem, qui visus multis diebus non esset, tum set amen in conspectum nautis paulisper dedit. Stetit soleatus praetor populi Romani cum pallio purpureo tunicaque talari muliercula nixus in litore. Iam hoc istum vestitu Siculi civesque romani permulti saepe viderant.
Cleomenes left the port in a quadrireme from Centuripae; a ship followed by Segesta, then Tyndaris, Herbita, Heraclia, Apollonia, Haluntium - a fleet outstanding in appearance but helpless and powerless because of the dismissal of the marines and rowers. In the course of his power that careful praetor saw his fleet as long as it sailed past his most scandalous banquet, moreover Verres himself though he had not been seen for many days, nevertheless at that moment offered himself briefly to the gaze of the sailors. He stood in his sandals, a praetor of the Roman people, with a purple cloak and a tunic reaching his ankles leaning on his fancy woman on the shore. Now very many Sicilians and Roman citizens had often seen that fellow in this attire.
