Plura annectentem (neque enim satiaverat iras dicendo) clamor turbat diversa volentum: si Libyae decus, haud ulli superabilis armis, Hannibal est irae tibi, destituemus ad ipsas victorem metas? nec opum adiumenta feremus? invidia unius sceptra ut iam parta retardet? inde alacres tribuunt, quae belli posceret usus, absentique suum iactant sub teste favorem.
He would have added more; for he had not yet said enough to gratify his wrath; but loud cries of dissent confounded him: If Hannibal, the glory of Libya, the invincible general, excites your anger, shall we leave the conqueror in the lurch just when he is reaching the goal, and refuse to send him supplies? Shall the jealousy of one man delay the imperial power which is already secured? Then they eagerly voted the supplies required for war, and, in the presence of a witness,a made a show of their devotion to the absent general.
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