Custodiatur igitur vita mea rei publicae eaque, quoad vel dignitas vel natura patietur, patriae reservetur; mors aut[em] necessitatem habeat fati aut, si ante oppetenda est, oppetatur cum gloria.
Therefore let my life be safeguarded for the benefit of the Republic and reserved for our native land, so long as honor and nature allow. Let my death either come by natural necessity, or, if it must be met sooner, let it be met gloriously.
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