Oh, the matter was
 evident, the theft was undeniable. A theft of what? He begins, in a manner to create
 great expectations, to relate his partnership with the old actor. 
 
 Panurgus, says he, was a slave of Fannius. He had an equal share in him with Roscius.
 Here in the first place Saturius began to complain bitterly that Roscius had had a in
 him given to him for nothing, when he had become the property of Fannius by purchase.
 That liberal man, forsooth, that extravagant man, that man overflowing with kindness,
 made a present of his share to Roscius? No doubt of it.