Nam laetabatur intellegens coniuratione patefacta civitatem periculis ereptam esse; porro autem anxius erat, dubitans in maxumo scelere tantis civibus deprehensis, quid facto opus esset; poenam illorum sibi oneri, inpunitatem perdundae rei publicae fore credebat.
For he rejoiced in the knowledge that the disclosure of the plot had snatched the community from peril; on the other hand, he was troubled, being uncertain concerning what ought to be done now that citizens of such high standing had been caught in a most serious crime. He believed that their punishment would produce trouble for him personally, that failure to punish them would be ruinous to the state.
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