Sic Numitori ad supplicium Remus deditur. Iam
inde ab initio Faustulo spes fuerat regiam stirpem apud se educari; nam
et expositos (esse) iussu regis infantes sciebat et tempus quo ipse eos
sustulisset ad id ipsum congruere;
Thus Remus was given to Numitor for
punishment. Right from the beginning Faustulus had hoped the king’s offspring
was being raised at his place; for he knew both that by the king’s order the
babies had been exposed and that the time at which he had picked them agreed
with that event;
sed rem immaturam nisi aut per occasionem aut per
necessitate aperiri noluerat. Necessitas prior venit: ita metu subactus Romulo
rem aperit.
but he was unwilling to reveal this thing
prematurely unless either through opportunity or through necessity (or: he
didn’t want this thing to be revealed …). Necessity came first: thus having
been compelled by fear he revealed this thing to Romulus.
Forte, cum Numitor in custodia Remum haberet audissetque
geminos esse fratres, et aetatem eorum et ipsam minime servile indolem comparavit.
By chance, when Numitor had Remus in custody
and he had heard the brothers to be twins, he reflected on both the age of them
and their very character which was least slavelike.
Iam memoria nepotum aniumum eius tetigerat;
sciscitandoque eodem pervenit ut haud procul esset quin Remum agnosceret.
Now the memory of his grandchildren had
touched his mind; and by asking he came to the same conclusion that he was not
far off from recognizing Remus.
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