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 1 12|       production of Asinius or Messala so famous as Ovid’s Medea
 2 14|        finished when Vipstanus Messala entered his room, and, from
 3 15|    replied, You still persist, Messala, in admiring only what is
 4 15|        feel no penitence, said Messala, for such talk, nor do I
 5 16|        my mind to you, replied Messala, if first I can prevail
 6 17|       Calvus, Brutus, Asinius, Messala. Why you assign them to
 7 23| noblest style of oratory. You, Messala, imitate, I observe, the
 8 24|     Still, as to your promise, Messala, there must for all this
 9 25|                             25 Messala replied, I will take the
10 27|      was not offended, replied Messala, by our friend Aper’s argument,
11 28|                             28 Messala continued. Far from obscure
12 33|      Secundus having assented, Messala, so to say, began afresh.
13 42|  finished. There were, replied Messala, some points I should controvert,
14 42|  before the poets, and so will Messala before the antiquarians.