Cicero Lines 1-10 - Translation

egreditur in Centuripina quadriremi Cleomenes e portu;

Cleomenes left the port in a quadrireme from Centuripae;

sequitur Segestana navis, Tyndaritana, Herbitensis, Heracliensis, Apolloniensis, Haluntina, praeclara classis in speciem, sed inops et infirma propter dimissionem propugnatorum atque remigum.

a ship followed from Segesta, then a ship from Tyndaris, Herbita, Heraclia, Apollonia, and Haluntium, a fleet outstanding in appearance but helpless and powerless on account of the dismissal of the marines and rowers.

tam diu in imperio suo classem iste praetor diligens vidit quam diu convivium eius flagitiosissimum praetervecta est;

In the course of his power that careful praetor only saw his fleet for as long as it took to sail past his most scandalous banquet;

ispe autem, qui visus multis diebus non esset, tum se tamen in conspectum nautis paulisper dedit.

however, Verres himself, though he had not been seen for many days, nevertheless, at that moment he briefly offered himself to the gaze of the sailors.

stetit soleatus praetor populi Romani cum pallio purpureo tunicaque talari muliercula nixus in litore.

He stood there wearing sandals, a praetor of the Roman people, with a purple cloak and tunic reaching his ankles, leaning on his fancy woman on the sea shore.

iam hoc istum vestitu Siculi civesque Romani permulti saepe viderant.

Now very many Sicilian and Roman citizens had often seen that man this kind of clothing.