unde quis iustius sese ad ista succinxerit, quam ille, quem constat gentium motus legationum varietates, facta ducum pacta regnantum, tota denique publicarum rerum secreta didicisse, quique praestanti positus in culmine non necesse habet vel supprimere verum vel concinnare mendacium?
So who with better right could gird himself for this task than the man who by common consent has acquainted himself with the movements of nations, the diversities of embassies, the deeds of leaders, the compacts of sovereigns, in short all the secrets of governments, and who being placed in a position of the greatest eminence is not under the necessity either of suppressing the truth or of inventing a lie?
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