pro magnum et inexsuperabile tuum numen, Amicitia! cum ex altera parte res publica manum iniceret, ex altera tua illum dextera traheret, et illa ut sacrosanctus esse vellet exigeret, tu exsilium indiceres,'adeo blando uteris imperio'supplicium honori praetulit.
Ah Friendship, mighty and insuperable is your strange power! From one side the commonwealth laid its grasp upon him, from the other your right hand drew him. The commonwealth demanded that he choose to be inviolable, you (so gently you exercise your authority!) condemn him to exile. He chose the punishment before the office.
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