Idem, cum salutandi gratia praetextatus ad Sullam venisset et capita proscriptorum in atrium allata vidisset, atrocitate rei commotus paedagogum suum, nomine Sarpedonem, interrogavit quapropter nemo inveniretur qui tam crudelem tyrannum occideret: cumque is non voluntatem hominibus sed facultatem deesse, quod salus eius magno praesidio militum custodiretur, respondisset, ut ferrum sibi daret obsecravit, adfirmando perfacile se eum interfecturum, quod in lecto illius considere soleret.
When the same, wearing the gown of boyhood, came to Sullas house to pay his respects and saw the heads of the proscribed that had been brought to the hall, he was shocked by the horror of it and asked his tutor, whose name was Sarpedon, why no one was found to kill so cruel a tyrant. The man replied that people did not lack the will but the opportunity, because his life was guarded by a large body of soldiers. Cato begged the gift of a sword, averring that he would kill Sulla very easily because he was accustomed to sit on his couch.
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