Ita qui sunt in Caesaris potestate, cuius et toti sunt, quomodo habebunt salutem Caesaris in potestate, ut eam praestare posse videantur, quam facilius ipsi a Caesare consequantur? Ideo ergo committimus in maiestatem imperatoris, quia illos non subicimus rebus suis, qui a non ludimus de officio salutis ipsorum qui eam non putamus in manibus esse plumbatis.
So, I ask, how will they, who are in Caesars power, who belong to Caesar outright, have Caesars safety in their power, that you should suppose them able to secure for him the safety which they themselves more easily have from Caesar? So, after all, our crime against the majesty of the Emperors comes to this: that we do not subordinate them to their property; that we do not make a jest of our care for their safety, and do not think it really lies in hands soldered on with lead.b
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