Has vero et in vulgus exire et posteris prodi cum ex utilitate tum ex dignitate publica fuit, primum ut orbis terrarum pietatis nostrae adhiberetur testis et conscius; deinde ut manifestum esset audere nos de bonis malisque principibus non tantum post ipsos iudicare; postremo ut experimento cognosceretur et ante nos gratos, sed miseros fuisse, quibus esse nos gratos probare antea non licuit.
Today these have been sent out into the world and passed on to posterity both in the general interest and to do honour to us all; firstly, so that the world could be summoned as an active witness to our loyalty, secondly to demonstrate that we were not afraid to pass judgement on good and bad rulers even in their lifetime, finally to give proof that though previously we were not ungrateful, we were unhappy so long as we were denied the opportunity of making our gratitude known.
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