Vetus disciplina regum silentium vitae periculo sanxerat; lingua gravius castigatur quam ullum probrum, nec magnam rem Magi sustineri posse credunt ab eo cui tacere grave sit, quod homini facillimum voluerit esse Natura.
The ancient discipline of the kings had enjoined silence on pain of death. An unbridled tongue is more severely punished than any act of wickedness, and the Magi believe that no great cause can be upheld by one who finds it hard to keep silence, which Nature has decreed to be the easiest thing for a man to do.
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