Namque eam esse consuetudinem regiam, ut casus adversos hominibus tribuant, secundos fortunae suae. Quo fieri ut facile impellantur ad eorum perniciem quorum ductu res male gestae nuntientur. Illum hoc maiore fore in discrimine, quod, quibus rex maxime oboediat, eos habeat inimicissimos.
He added that it was the habit of kings to attribute disasters to men, but success to their own good fortune; that consequently they were easily led to bring about the ruin of those who were reported to have suffered defeat; and that Datames would be in the greater peril because he had the bitter enmity of those who had special influence with the king.
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