Igitur, quod difficile factu erat quodque re vera <erat> arduum, non existimabatur: gratum esse populo, placere ordini, probari magistratibus et principibus, id (praefascine dixerim) iam quodam modo mihi obtigit.
And so, hard as it was to do, difficult in reality and not merely in appearance'to please the populace, satisfy the legislature, gain the approval of the magistrates and the dignitaries'in this (if I may say so without boasting) I have now in a way succeeded.
final_alignments\Apuleius_Florida.json