quis illum sceleratum putasset fuisse, si tacuisset? quis non etiam sapientem, si pro necessitate temporis locutus esset? at Blossius nec silentio honesto nec prudenti sermone salutem suam, ne qua ex parte infelicis amicitiae memoriam desereret, tueri voluit.
Who even would not have thought him a man of sense if he had spoken to suit the necessity of the moment? But Blossius did not choose to protect his own life by honourable silence or prudent speech, for fear of deserting in any way the memory of an ill-starred friendship.
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