§4.3.10his igitur velut fomentis, si quid erit asperum, praemolliemus, quo facilius aures iudicum quae post dicturi erimus admittant, ne ius nostrum oderint.
Therefore, with these as it were poultices, if there is anything harsh, we shall soften it beforehand, so that the ears of the judges may more easily admit what we are going to say afterward, lest they hate our right.
nihil enim facile persuadetur invitis.
For nothing is easily persuaded to those who are unwilling.
§4.3.11quo loco iudicis quoque noscenda natura est, iuri magis an aequo sit appositus; proinde enim magis aut minus erit hoc necessarium.
At this point, the nature of the judge must also be learned, whether he is more disposed to law or to equity; for accordingly, this will be more or less necessary.
ceterum res eadem et post quaestionem perorationis vice fungitur.
Besides, the same thing also performs the function of a peroration after the question.
§4.3.12hanc partem παρέκβασιν vocant Graeci, Latini egressum vel egressionem.
This part the Greeks call "parekbasis", the Latins "egressus" or "egressio".
sed hae sunt plures, ut dixi, quae per totam causam varios habent excursus, ut laus hominum locorumque, ut descriptio regionum, expositio quarundam rerum gestarum, vel etiam fabulosarum.
But these are multiple, as I have said, which have various excursions through the entire cause, such as the praise of men and places, the description of regions, the exposition of certain historical events, or even mythological ones.
§4.3.13quo ex genere est in orationibus contra Verrem compositis Siciliae laus, Proserpinae raptus;
Of which kind there is, in the speeches composed against Verres, the praise of Sicily and the rape of Proserpina; in the speech for C.
pro C. Cornelio popularis illa virtutum Cn.
Cornelius, that popular commemoration of the virtues of Cn.
Pompei commemoratio, in quam ille divinus orator, velut nomine ipso ducis cursus dicendi teneretur, abrupto quem inchoaverat sermone devertit actutum.
Pompey, to which that divine orator, as if he were held back in the course of his speaking by the very name of the leader, turned aside immediately, breaking off the discourse which he had begun.
§4.3.14Παρέκβασις est, ut mea quidem fert opinio, alicuius rei, sed ad utilitatem causae pertinentis extra ordinem excurrens tractatio.
Parekbasis is, as my opinion indeed holds, a treatment of some matter running out of the regular order, but pertaining to the utility of the cause.
quapropter non video cur hunc ei potissimum locum adsignent, qui rerum ordinem sequitur, non magis quam illud, cur hoc nomen ita demum proprium putent, si aliquid in digressu sit exponendum, cum tot modis a recto itinere declinet oratio.
Wherefore I do not see why they assign to it this place above all which follows the order of things, any more than I see why they think this name is proper to it only if something is to be set forth in a digression, since speech declines from the straight path in so many ways.
§4.3.15nam quidquid dicitur praeter illas quinque quas fecimus partes, egressio est, indignatio, miseratio, invidia, convicium, excusatio, conciliatio, maledictorum refutatio.
For whatever is said besides those five parts which we have made is a digression: indignation, pity, hatred, abuse, excuse, conciliation, refutation of slanders.
similia his, quae non sunt in quaestione, omnis amplificatio, minutio, omne adfectus genus, et quae maxime iucundam et ornatam faciunt orationem, de luxuria, de avaritia, religione, officiis; quae cum sint argumentis subiecta similium rerum, quia cohaerent, egredi non videntur.
Similar to these, which are not in the question, are all amplification, extenuation, every kind of emotion, and those things which make a speech especially pleasant and adorned, concerning luxury, avarice, religion, duties; which, since they are subordinated to the arguments of similar things, because they cohere, do not seem to digress.
§4.3.16sed plurima sunt, quae rebus nihil secum cohaerentibus inseruntur, quibus iudex reficitur, admonetur, placatur, rogatur, laudatur.
But there are very many things which are inserted in matters having no coherence with them, by which the judge is refreshed, admonished, appeased, entreated, praised.
innumerabilia sunt haec, quorum alia sic praeparata adferimus, quaedam ex occasione vel necessitate ducimus, si quid nobis agentibus novi accidit, interpellatio, interventus alicuius, tumultus.
These are innumerable, of which some we bring thus prepared, some we derive from occasion or necessity, if anything new happens while we are pleading, such as an interruption, the intervention of someone, a disturbance.
§4.3.17unde Ciceroni quoque in prooemio, cum diceret pro Milone, digredi fuit necesse, ut ipsa oratiuncula qua usus est patet.
Hence, for Cicero also in the exordium, when he was speaking for Milo, it was necessary to digress, as the very short speech which he used makes clear.
potest autem paulo longius exire, qui praeparat aliquid ante quaestionem et qui finitae probationi velut commendationem adiicit At qui ex media erumpit, cito ad id redire debet unde devertit.
However, he who prepares something before the question and he who adds as it were a commendation to the finished proof can go out a little further. But he who bursts out from the middle must quickly return to that place from which he turned aside.