nec arma, ut apud ceteros Germanos, in promisco, sed clausa sub custode, et quidem servo, quia subitos hostium incursus prohibet Oceanus, otiosae porro armatorum manus facile lasciviunt: enimvero neque nobilem neque ingenuum, ne libertinum quidem armis praeponere regia utilitas est.
nor is there any general carrying of arms here, as among the other Germans: rather arms are locked up in charge of a warder, and that warder a slave. The ocean prevents sudden inroads from enemies; and, besides, the hands of armed men, with nothing to do, easily become riotous; and indeed, it is not to a kings interest to put a noble or a freeman or even a freedman in charge of the arms.
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