Hanc legationem nullo impetrato remissam,'nec enim effrenatae regis cupiditati responderi amplius quicquam potuit'post paucissimos dies secutus est Prosper comes et Spectatus tribunus, et notarius itemque Eustathius, Musoniano suggerente philosophus, ut opifex suadendi; imperatoris scripta perferentes et munera, enisuri apparatum interim Saporis arte quadam suspendere, ne supra humanum modum provinciae munirentur arctoae.
This embassy having been sent back without obtaining anything'for no fuller answer could be made to the kings unbridled greed'after a very few days it was followed by Count Prosper, Spectatus, tribune and secretary, and likewise, at the suggestion of Musonianus, the philosopher Eustathius, as a master of persuasion; they carried with them letters of the emperor and gifts, and meanwhile planned by some craft or other to stay Sapors preparations, so that his northern provinces might not be fortified beyond the possibility of attack.
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