Si, ut ex litteris quae recitatae sunt, patres conscripti, sceleratissimorum hostium exercitum caesum fusumque cognovi, sic, id quod et omnes maxime optamus <et> ex ea victoria quae parta est consecutum arbitramur, D. Brutum egressum iam Mutina esse cognossem, propter cuius periculum ad saga issemus, propter eiusdem salutem redeundum ad pristinum vestitum sine ulla dubitatione censerem.
Members of the Senate, the dispatches which have been read out have told me that an army of very wicked enemies has been cut to pieces and routed. If those dispatches had also told me that Decimus Brutus has already been liberated from the siege of Mutina, the goal that we all especially pray for and believe has been achieved as a result of the victory gained by our forces, then I would have no hesitation in moving a return to our previous dress on account of Brutus deliverance, since it was on account of his peril that we put on our military cloaks.
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