qua de re metuo multa, suspicor varia, quamquam me e contrario ingentia hortentur: primum quod victoris populi signa comitaris; dein quod in sapientes viros, quos inter iure censeris, minus annuo licere fortuitis; tertio, quod pro sodalibus fide iunctis, sede discretis frequenter incutiunt et tuta maerorem, quia promptius de actionibus longinquis ambigendisque sinistra quaeque metus augurat.
About this matter I have many fears and various apprehensions, although, on the other hand, there are important considerations that cheer me: first, you follow the standard of a victorious people; next, I incline to think that with provident men, among whom you are rightly classed, there is less opportunity for accidents to happen; thirdly, when one has friends united in loyalty but separated in domicile, events even that involve no danger often cause a feeling of concern and distress, because sinister forebodings about distant and indefinite occurrences are more readily prompted by fear.
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