interea quoniam belli pugnaeque propinquae cura prior, fingit placidis fera pectora dictis reddit et haec: cuperem haut tali vos tempore tectis advenisse meis, quo me gravis adsidet hostis.
Meanwhile, since war and the approaching conflict demand his prior care, he shapes the fierceness of his heart into peaceful words, and thus replies: I could wish that ye had not at such a time drawn nigh my dwelling, when a powerful foe assails me.
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