Cicero section 68

at sunt servi illi de cognatorum sententia, nobilissimorum et clarissimorum hominum, manu missi.

but these slaves have been freed, in the agreement and opinion of her most noble and distinguished relatives.

tandem aliquid invenimus quod ista mulier de suorum propinquorum, fortissimorum virorum, sententia atque auctoritate fecisse dicatur.

finally we have found something which that woman is said to have done by the opinion and authority of her relatives, the bravest of men.

sed scire cupio quid habeat argumenti ista manumissio;

but I want to know what reason there was for that manumission;

in qua aut crimen est Caelio quaesitum aut quaestio sublata aut multarum rerum consciis servis cum causa praemium persolutum.

through this act either a charge was procured against Caelius or the possibility of examination was removed or a reward was paid out with good reason to slaves who were privy to her affairs.

‘at propinquis’ inquit ‘placuit.’ cur non placeret, cum rem tute ad eos non ab aliis tibi adlatam, sed a te ipsa compertam deferre diceres?

"But it pleased the relatives” she said. Why did it not please them, when you said that you reported the matter to them not brought to you by others but by you openly yourself.