mandate perniciter, si vero dicta conquadrant, ut tantisper a pervigili statione respirent quos a muralibus excubiis non dies ninguidus, non nox inlunis et turbida receptui canere persuadent; quia, etsi barbarus in hiberna concedat, mage differunt quam relinquant semel radicatam corda formidinem.
Write promptly if what is said about him squares with the truth, that our guards may get some little respite from their persistent watch; for at present neither snowy days nor moonless and stormy nights persuade them to beat any retreat from their posts on the walls, because, even if the barbarian retires to winter quarters, the heart only suspends and would not throw off a terror which has once struck deep its roots.
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