Ibi tunc rectoris imperii caries tota stoliditatis apertius est profanata, qui cum abstinere inconsolabili malo rogaretur obnixe, inflexibilis mansit, ut videretur aures occlusisse ceris (quasi scopulos Sirenios transgressurus).
Thereby the entire rottenness of the folly of the empires ruler was then completely revealed; for although he was earnestly besought to refrain from this inexcusable insult, yet he remained so inflexible that he seemed to have stopped his ears with wax, as if he were going to pass the rocks of the Sirens.
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