cum omnes boni non recusarent quin vel pro me vel mecum perirent, armis decertare pro mea salute nolui, quod et vincere et vinci luctuosum rei  publicae fore putavi
all patriots were expressing their readiness to perish either for me or with me; but I, in spite of all this, refused to win my safety by an armed encounter, thinking that both my victory and my defeat would be calamitous to the  republic.
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