sed fas est praesule deo vobis inter eos et rempublicam mediis animo quietiora concipere, quia, etsi illi veterum finium limitibus effractis omni vel virtute vel mole possessionis turbidae metas in Rhodanum Ligerimque proterminant, vestra tamen auctoritas pro dignitate sententiae sic partem utramque moderabitur ut et nostra discat quid debeat negare cum petitur et poscere adversa desinat cum negatur.
But it is proper that you, who stand between them and the Empire, should under Gods guidance, devise more peaceful measures; for though they have broken through the frontier of their ancient possessions and are advancing the borders of their violent appropriation towards the Rhone and the Loire with all the valour'or brute force'which they can command, your authoritative voice will exercise restraint upon both sides by virtue of the prestige attaching to your word, with the result that our side will learn what to refuse when asked, and our opponents will cease to demand when they get a refusal.
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