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Exercise 16

A.

1. I entreated him not to do this, but urged him to trust his father.

     Rogavi eum ne hoc faceret, sed monui ut patri crederet.

3. He made it his aim to avoid injuring any one of his subjects, but to consult the good of the whole nation.

     Id egit ne cuique civium noceret, sed ut civibus omnibus consuleret.

5. The senate passed a resolution that the consuls should hold a levy.

     Senatus decrevit consules delectum habituros esse.

9. I prevailed on him to spare the vanquished (pl.), and not to allow his (soldiers) to massacre women and children.

    Ab eo impetravi ut victis parceret nec militibus sineret mulieres et liberos trucidare.

B.

7. So far am I from praising and admiring that king, that it seems to me that he has greatly injured not only his own subjects, but the whole human race.

     Tam abest ut regem illum laudem et mirer ut ille mihi videatur civibus non solum suis sed et omnibus nocuisse.

9. It never before happened to me to forget a friend in his absence, and this circumstance is a great consolation to me today.

    Accidit numquam antea ut amici absentis obliviscerer quod mihi hodie magno est solacio.