hoc solum tamen libere gemo, quod turbine dissidentium partium segreges facti mutuo minime fruimur aspectu, neque umquam patriae sollicitis offerris obtutibus, nisi forsitan cum ad arbitrium terroris alieni vos loricae, nos propugnacula tegunt.
The only thing I openly bewail is that, severed as we are by the tumult of contending parties, we scarcely ever enjoy the sight of one another, and you never present yourself to the anxious gaze of your fellow-townsman, except perhaps when at the dictate of a menacing foreign power you have donned your armour and we are covered by our fortifications.
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