quamlibet inlustres meritis et sanguine clari praemia virtutum titulis et honoribus aucti ardua rettulerint fastorumque arce potiti annales proprio signarint nomine chartas, atque inter veteres cera numerentur et aere, attamen in paucis, iam deficiente caterva, nec persona sita est patriae nec curia constat; et quodcumque fovent studii privata voluntas ac iam rara tenet, sed publica vota reclamant dissensu celebri trepidum damnantia murmur.
Famed as they are for their services and noble in descent, though they have won high reward for their merits in promotion to dignity and office, though they have attained the supreme height of the Register and marked with their names the record of the years, and in wax or bronze figure among the men of old, yet it is not a small number, who have lost their following, who represent their country and constitute the senate. The attachment they cherish is maintained only by the will of individuals, and those now few and far between; the nations wishes oppose them and with multitudinous dissent condemn their restless murmuring.
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