Ego vero, inquit Secundus, antequam me iudicem Aper recuset, faciam quod probi et modesti iudices solent, ut in iis cognitionibus excusent in quibus manifestum est alteram apud eos partem gratia praevalere.
As for me, said Secundus, before Aper declines to have me as an umpire, I shall follow the usual practice of upright and conscientious judges, who ask to be excused from acting in cases where it is obvious that one of the two parties stands higher in their good graces than the other.
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