hoc illud, tristes invitum audire catenas, parcere verberibus nec qua iubet alta potestas ire, sed armatas multum sibi demere vires dignarique manus humilis et verba precantum, reddere iura foro nec proturbare curules et ferrum mulcere toga.
And here is why: to hear unwilling the clank of chains, to spare the lash nor go where height of power commands but rather renounce much of ones own armed might, to pay heed to humble pleas and the words of petitioners, to give justice to the Forum and yet not push aside the civil authorities, and to temper violence with the gown
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