iam vero infame in omnem vitam ac probrosum superstitem principi suo ex acie recessisse: ilium defendere, tueri, sua quoque fortia facta gloriae eius adsignare praecipuum sacramentum est: principes  pro victoria pugnant, comites pro principe.
but to have left the field and survived ones chief, this means lifelong infamy and shame: to defend and protect him, to devote ones own feats even to his glorification, this is the gist of their allegiance: the chief fights for victory, but the retainers for the chief.
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