Onerosum nescio quid verecundiae tuae consensus noster indixerat, ut princeps totiens consul esses quotiens senator tuus: nimia modestia istud etiam privatus recusasses.
Evidently we asked too much of your modesty by our unanimous request that our prince should be consul as often as one of his own senators, but your diffidence about accepting would have been excessive even in an ordinary citizen.
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