Postquam foedifragam gentem redisse in sedes suas comperi neque quicquam viantibus insidiarum parare, nefas credidi ulterius officiorum differre sermonem, ne vester affectus quandam vitio meo duceret ut gladius inpolitus de curae raritate robiginem.
When I heard that the race of treaty-breakers had returned to their homes and were no longer setting ambushes for travellers I felt it would be outrageous to defer longer the payment of my respects, anxious as I was that your affection should not through any fault of mine become like an unburnished sword, gathering rust, so to speak, through want of regular attention.
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