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NON ideo, Gelli, sperabam te mihi fidum
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I HOPED, Gellius, that you would be true to me
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in misero hoc nostro, hoc perdito amore fore,
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in this miserable, this ruinous love of mine,
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quod te cognossem bene constantemue putarem
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not on the ground that I knew you, or thought that you were truly honourable
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aut posse a turpi mentem inhibere probro;
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or could restrain your mind from baseness or villainy,
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sed neque quod matrem nec germanam esse uidebam
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but because I saw that she, whose mighty love was consuming me,
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hanc tibi, cuius me magnus edebat amor.
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was neither mother nor sister of yours.
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et quamuis tecum multo coniungerer usu,
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And although I was connected with you by much familiar friendship,
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non satis id causae credideram esse tibi.
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I had not thought that that was reason enough for you.
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tu satis id duxti: tantum tibi gaudium in omni
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You thought it enough: so much delight do you take in any
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culpa est, in quacumque est aliquid sceleris.
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vice in which there is something of dishonour.
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