fer, Paule, indevia recti pectora; cur, uni patriam si affligere fas est, uni sit servare nefas? eget improbus arto iam victu Libys, et, belli fervore retuso, laxa fides socium est.
But you, Paulus, keep to the path of duty unswervingly. If a single arm may destroy our country, why should not a single arm preserve it? Bold Hannibal now lacks food for his army, and his allies are lukewarm and have lost their keenness for battle.
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