granditer enim sua in utramvis de me opinionem sententia valet; quae, si vera comperimus, tantum mihi est favens securitati, quantum fieret adversata formidini.
for his verdict on me, whether it leans to one side or to the other, carries great weight; being (if I am informed aright) now favourable to me, it reassures me as much as, if adverse, it would alarm me.
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