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Quae faepe tranquillifiimis pe&oribus quoque patien tiam ei:torfitz non ipfa ofientandae per terrores poten tiae dira, fed fiequens magnis imperus gloria.. Con ditum immo confiri&um apud me ferrum efi fum ma parfimonia etiam vìlillimi fanguinis. Nemo non cui alia defint, hominis nomine apud me gratiofus efi. Severitatem abditam clementiam in procin€lu habeo. Fic me cuilodio tanquam legibus, quas ex fitu ac tenebris in lucem evocavi, rationem redditu rus fim. Alterius aetate prima motus fum alterius ull' tima alium dignitati donavi alium humilitati quo ties mullam inveneram mifericordiae caut'am, mihi peperei. Hodie diis immortalibus,fi a me rationenm repetant, annumerare genus humanum paratus furm Potes hoc, Caefar, praedieare auda&er omnium quae in fidem tutelnmque tuam venerunt nihil per te, neque vi neque clain Reipublicae ereptum. Batilli mam Îaudem, et nulli adhuc Principum concefi'am. Concupifii,innocent1am. Non perdis operam: nec bo nitas illa tua lingularis ingratos aut malignos aélli= matores na&a efi. Refer'tur tibi gratia. Nemo unus homo uni homini tam carus unquam fuit, quam tu populo Romano, magnum longumque eius bo num. Sed ingens tibi onus impofuifli. Nemo iam di= vum Augullum, nec Tiberii Caefaris prima tempora loquitur: nemo quod te imitati velit exemplar extea te quaerit. Principatus tuus ad anni guflum exigitur. Difficile hoc fuill'et, (i non naturalis tibi ifia bonitas effet, fed ad tempus fumta. Nemo enim' potefl per fonam diu ferre. Fiéla cito in naturam fuam reci dum quibus veritas fabefi quaeque (ut itadicam)
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