quod ut praedones animadverterunt, dimissis militibus abiectisque armis ianuae appropinquant, et clara voce nuntiant Scipioni non vitae eius hostes, sed virtutis admiratores venisse, conspectum et congressum tanti viri quasi caeleste aliquod beneficium expetentes; proinde securum se novis spectandum praebere ne gravetur.
When the pirates perceived it, after dismissing their troops and laying down their weapons they went up to the door and loudly announced that they had come to Scipio not as enemies to his life but as admirers of his prowess, seeking to see and meet so great a man as a gift from the gods; so let him not grudge to show himself to strangers without fear for them to gaze upon.
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