Agens inter haec apud Agrippinam Silvanus, assiduisque suorum comperiens nuntiis, quae Apodemius in labem suarum ageret fortunarum, et sciens animum tenerum versabilis principis, timensque ne trucidaretur absens et inauditus, in difficultate positus maxima, barbaricae se fidei committere cogitabat.
Meanwhile Silvanus, stationed at Cologne and learning from his friends constant messages what Apodemius was undertaking to the ruin of his fortunes, knowing the pliant mind of the fickle emperor, and fearing lest he should be condemned to death absent and unheard, was put in a most difficult position and thought of entrusting himself to the good faith of the savages.
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