praeterea, cernis, tenerae qui proelia dextrae iam credit puer atque annos transcendere factis molitur longumque putat pubescere bello, te duce primitias pugnae, te magna magistro audeat, et primum hoc vincat, servasse parentem.
Thou seest, moreover, that boya who already relies on his youthful arm for battle, and aims at prowess beyond his years, and thinks that ripeness for war is slow to come. Thou must be his leader when he wins his maiden spurs; thou must teach him to aspire to great deeds; and let his first victory be the rescue of his sire.
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