orere igitur ab illa quae sanctorum umbris dicata esse creditur sede, hinc D. Laeli, illinc M. Agrippa, alter virorum, deorum alter maximum amicum et certa mente et secundis ominibus sortiti, totumque beatae turbae gregem, qui vestro ductu veneranda sincerae fidei stipendia laudibus et praemiis onustus peregit, in lucem vobiscum protrahite: vestros enim constantes animos, vestra strenua ministeria, vestram inexpugnabilem taciturnitatem proque dignitate et salute amicorum perpetuam excubationem et stationem benivolentiae, et rursus harum rerum uberrimos fructus posterior intuens aetas in excolendo iure amicitiae qua libentius qua etiam religiosius erit operata.
Arise ye then from the dwelling that is believed to be devoted to the shades of the righteous, on the one hand D. Laelius, on the other M. Agrippa, who with sure hearts and favouring omens drew as your friends the greatest of men and the greatest of gods respectively; bring forth with you into the light the whole company of the happy throng, that under your leadership served through the august campaigns of true loyalty loaded with praises and rewards. Time to come will engage itself in cultivating the law of friendship more gladly and more religiously as it sees your constant hearts, your strenuous services, the inexpugnable discretion and unceasing vigilance and ward of your benevolence on behalf of the dignity and welfare of your friends, and again the bounteous requitals of these things.
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