sed ecce dum iam epistulam, quae diu garrit, claudere optarem, subitus a Santonis nuntius; cum quo dum tui obtentu aliquid horarum sermocinanter extrahimus, constanter asseveravit nuper vos classicum in classe cecinisse atque inter officia nunc nautae, modo militis litoribus Oceani curvis inerrare contra Saxonum pandos myoparones, quorum quot remiges videris, totidem te cernere putes archipiratas: ita simul omnes imperant parent, docent discunt latrocinari.
But, lo and behold! when I was already hoping to close this letter, which has been chattering away for a long time, a messenger suddenly came from Saintes. I spent some hours with him in conversation about you, and he constantly affirmed that you had recently sounded the trump of war in the fleet and, in discharging the duties now of a sailor, now of a soldier, were roving the winding shores of Ocean to meet the curving sloops of the Saxons, who give the impression that every oarsman you see in their crew is a pirate-captain'so universal is it for all of them simultaneously to issue orders and obey orders, to teach brigandage and to learn brigandage.
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