Et dictitabant, his praesentibus quos audita referre ad imperatorem posse rebantur, eum ni sedatius ageret in immodica rerum secundarum prosperitate, velut luxuriantes ubertate nimia fruges, bonis suis protinus occasurum.
And they repeatedly said, in the presence of those who they thought could repeat to the emperor what they had heard, that if he did not conduct himself with more moderation in his excessive prosperity and success, like plants that grow rank from too great fertility, he would soon find destruction in his own good fortune.
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