Solus Mnester cunctationem attulit, dilaniata veste clamitans, aspiceret verberum notas, reminisceretur vocis, qua se obnoxium iussis Messalinae dedisset: aliis largitione aut spei magnitudine, sibi ex necessitate culpam; nec cuiquam ante pereundum fuisse, si Silius rerum poteretur.
Only Mnester caused some hesitation, as, tearing his garments, he called to Claudius to look at the imprints of the lash and remember the phrase by which he had placed him at the disposal of Messalina. Others had sinned through a bounty or a high hope; he, from need; and no man would have had to perish sooner, if Silius gained the empire.
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