At nunc quis nostrum tamquam oblitus eius de quo refertur censendi officium principis honore consumit? Tuae moderationis haec laus, non constantiae nostrae, et tibi obsequimur quod in curiam non ad certamen adulationum sed ad usum munusque iustitiae convenimus, hanc simplicitati tuae veritatique gratiam relaturi, ut te quae vis velle, quae non vis nolle credamus.
But which of us today spends the proper time for his speech on praising the emperor as if forgetful of the subject of debate? The credit here is due to moderation on your part, not self-restraint on ours; it is in obedience to your wishes that we assemble in the House not to compete in flattery but to practise and render justice, and to pay tribute to your open-hearted sincerity through our confidence that your likes and dislikes are genuinely what you say they are.
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