Quae cum audire mallem quam videre haberemque ius legationis liberum, ea mente discessi ut adessem Kalendis Ianuariis, quod initium senatus cogendi fore videbatur.
Since I preferred to hear of than to see all this, and since I had an unrestricted right to exercise a commission, I set out with the intention of returning by the first of January, the earliest date, as appeared likely, for a convocation of the senate.
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