Sed quoniam abest, ego tibi pro illo respondeo, nullum esse eundem et diuturnum et praecoquem fructum, caelestesque honores non dare te regi, sed auferre.
But since he is not present, I am replying to you in his behalf that no fruit is at the same time both durable and prematurely ripened, and that you are not giving divine honours to your king, but taking them from him.
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