parvis de rebus sed fortasse necessariis consulimur,
patres conscripti. de Appia via et de Moneta consul, de
Lupercis tribunus plebis refert. quarum rerum etsi facilis
explicatio videtur, tamen animus aberrat a sententia suspensus
curis1 maioribus. adducta est enim, patres conscripti,
res in maximum periculum et in extremum paene
discrimen. non sine causa legatorum istam2 missionem
semper timui, numquam probavi: quorum reditus quid sit
adlaturus ignoro; exspectatio quidem quantum adferat
languoris animis quis non videt? non enim se tenent ei
qui senatum dolent ad auctoritatis pristinae spem revirescere3,
coniunctum huic ordini populum Romanum, conspirantem
Italiam, paratos exercitus, expeditos duces.
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