ergo calliditas ducis providit ut quod, si protinus imperaretur, gra<ve fuisset, id inten>to prius, deinde remisso militiae metu maximum beneficium fieret.
Thus the cunning of our commander so managed that what would have been a burden if demanded outright became a great concession when the threat of military service was first made and then remitted.
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