Et quia fallere non minus videtur, qui gesta praeterit sciens, quam ille, qui numquam facta confingit, non abnuimus (neque enim ambigitur) salutem Valentis, et antea saepius per occultas coitiones, et tunc in extrema demersam, ferrumque ad iugulum eius prope adactum a militaribus, fato reflectente depulsum, quem lacrimosis in Thracia discriminibus destinarat.
And because that man does not seem less deceitful who knowingly passes over what has been done, than one who invents things that never happened, I do not deny'and in fact there is no doubt about it'that Valens life, not only often before through secret conspiracies, but also on this occasion, was plunged into extreme danger, and that a sword was almost driven into his throat by the soldiers; it was thrust away and turned aside by the hand of Fate only because she had destined him to suffer lamentable disasters in Thrace.
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