Sed Cethego atque Lentulo ceterisque, quorum cognoverat promptam audaciam, mandat quibus rebus possent opes factionis confirment, insidias consuli maturent, caedem, incendia, aliaque belli facinora parent: sese propediem cum magno exercitu ad urbem adcessurum.
However, he commissioned Cethegus, Lentulus, and the others whose reckless daring he knew to be ready for anything, to bolster the strength of their faction by whatever means they could, to hasten along the plots against the consul, to make ready murder, arson, and other deeds of war; as for himself, he would, he said, shortly draw near the City with a large army.
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