at postquam discordia sensit pectora et infidas ad Martem vergere mentes, non ultra patiens Fabius rexisse dolorem, consilium propere exposcit, patribusque vocatis, bellum se gestare sinu pacemque profatus, quid sedeat, legere ambiguis neu fallere dictis imperat ac, saevo neutrum renuente senatu, ceu clausas acies gremioque effunderet arma:
But when Fabius perceived the division of opinion, and that their disloyal minds were inclining to war, he could master his resentment no longer; and he demanded a swift decision. When the senate was summoned, he began thus: I carry war and peace here in my lap; choose which ye will have, and cheat me not by an ambiguous answer. The angry senators said they would accept neither. Then, as if he were pouring out battle and war enclosed in his arms,
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