Is cum praefatus esset, scire servo utilius esse parere dicto quam afferre consilium, cum illos qui pareant idem quod ceteros maneat, qui vero suadeant proprium subeant periculum; Bessus eum dicere iussit intrepidum, poculum  etiam, quod habebat in manu, tradidit.
He, by way of preface, said that he knew that it was more expedient for a slave to obey orders than to offer counsel, since the same fate awaits those who obey which awaits the rest, but those who advise undergo a particular peril of their own. Bessus bade him speak fearlessly and even handed him the cup which he had  been holding in his hand
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