Sed uterque nostrum cedere cogebatur magnitudini animi orationisque gravitati, cum quidem ille maxima laude et gratulatione omnium vestrum pollicitus est se quod velletis esse facturum, neque eius sententiae periculum vitaturum cuius ipse auctor fuisset.
But we were both forced to yield to the nobility of his spirit and the authority of his words when, to enthusiastic applause and joyful expressions of gratitude from all of you, he promised to do as you wished and not to shun the danger arising from a decree that he himself had sponsored.
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