§5.5.1τοιαῦτα λεξάντων αὐτῶν ἀναστὰς ὁ Βροῦτος ἔφη Περὶ μὲν εἰσόδου Ταρκυνίων εἰς τήνδε πόλιν παύσασθε, ἄνδρες Τυρρηνοί, τὰ πλείω λέγοντες.
When they had spoken thus, Brutus rose and said: "As for the return of the Tarquins to this city, stop speaking further, Tyrrhenians.
ἐπῆκται γὰρ ἤδη ψῆφος ἀίδιον κατʼ αὐτῶν ὁρίζουσα φυγήν, καὶ θεοὺς ὀμωμόκαμεν ἅπαντες μήτʼ αὐτοὶ κατάξειν τοὺς τυράννους μηδὲ τοῖς κατάγουσιν ἐπιτρέψειν·
For a permanent decree has already been passed against them, ordaining their exile, and we have all sworn by the gods neither to restore the tyrants ourselves nor to permit those who would restore them.
εἰ δέ τινος ἄλλου δεῖσθε τῶν μετρίων, ἃ μὴ νόμοις μηδʼ ὅρκοις κεκωλύμεθα δρᾶν, λέγετε. μετὰ τοῦτο παρελθόντες οἱ πρέσβεις λέγουσι· §5.5.2παρὰ δόξαν μὲν ἡμῖν ἀπήντηται τὰ πρῶτα· πρεσβευσάμενοι γὰρ ὑπὲρ ἀνδρὸς ἱκέτου λόγον ὑμῖν ὑποσχεῖν ἀξιοῦντος καὶ τὸ κοινὸν ἁπάντων δίκαιον εἰς ἰδίαν αἰτούμενοι χάριν οὐ δεδυνήμεθα τούτου τυχεῖν·
But if you have any other reasonable request, which we are not forbidden by laws or oaths to grant, speak." After this, the ambassadors stepped forward and said: "Our first request has met with a result contrary to our expectation; for having come as envoys on behalf of a suppliant who asked to give an account to you, and requesting the common right of all men as a personal favor, we have been unable to obtain this.
ἐπεὶ δʼ οὕτως ὑμῖν δοκεῖ, περὶ μὲν εἰσόδου Ταρκυνίων οὐδὲν ἔτι λιπαροῦμεν, προκαλούμεθα δʼ ὑμᾶς εἰς ἕτερόν τι δίκαιον, ὑπὲρ οὗ τὰς ἐντολὰς ἡμῖν ἔδωκεν ἡ πατρίς, καὶ οὔτε νόμος ὁ κωλύσων αὐτὸ ποιεῖν ὑμᾶς ἐστιν οὔθʼ ὅρκος, ἀποδοῦναι τῷ βασιλεῖ τὴν οὐσίαν, ἣν ὁ πάππος αὐτοῦ πρότερον ἐκέκτητο οὐθὲν τῶν ὑμετέρων οὔτε βίᾳ κατασχὼν οὔτε λάθρα, παρὰ δὲ τοῦ πατρὸς διαδεξάμενος καὶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς μετενέγκας.
But since this is your decision, we shall no longer importune you concerning the return of the Tarquins, but we challenge you to another just demand, concerning which our fatherland has given us instructions, and which there is neither law nor oath to prevent you from doing, namely, to restore to the king his property, which his grandfather previously possessed, having seized nothing of yours either by force or by stealth, but having inherited it from his father and brought it to you.
ἀπόχρη γὰρ αὐτῷ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ κομισαμένῳ ζῆν ἑτέρωθί που μακαρίως μηθὲν ἐνοχλοῦντι ὑμῖν. §5.5.3τοιαῦτα μὲν οἱ πρέσβεις διαλεχθέντες ἐξῆλθον· τῶν δʼ ὑπάτων Βροῦτος μὲν κατέχειν τὰ χρήματα συνεβούλευσε τιμωρίας τε χάριν ἀνθʼ ὧν οἱ τύραννοι τὸ κοινὸν ἠδίκησαν πολλῶν ὄντων καὶ μεγάλων, καὶ τοῦ συμφέροντος ἕνεκεν, ἵνα μὴ γένοιτʼ αὐτοῖς ἀφορμὴ πρὸς τὸν πόλεμον, διδάσκων ὡς οὐκ ἀγαπήσουσι Ταρκύνιοι τὰς οὐσίας ἀπολαβόντες οὐδʼ ὑπομενοῦσιν ἰδιώτην βίον ζῆν, ἀλλὰ πόλεμον ἐπάξουσι Ῥωμαίοις ἀλλοεθνῆ καὶ πειράσονται βίᾳ κατελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχήν.
For it is enough for him to recover his own and to live happily elsewhere, in no way troublesome to you." When the ambassadors had thus spoken, they withdrew; and of the consuls, Brutus advised retaining the property, both for the sake of punishment for the many and great injuries the tyrants had done to the public, and for the sake of utility, so that it might not become a resource for them for war, showing that the Tarquins would not be satisfied with receiving their property back nor submit to living a private life, but would bring a foreign war upon the Romans and attempt to return to power by force.
§5.5.4Κολλατῖνος δὲ τἀναντία παρῄνει λέγων, ὡς οὐδὲν τὰ χρήματα τῶν τυράννων ἠδίκει τὴν πόλιν, ἀλλὰ τὰ σώματα, φυλάττεσθαί τʼ αὐτοὺς ἀξιῶν ἀμφότερα, μὴ δόξης τε πονηρᾶς παρὰ πάντων τύχωσιν ὡς διὰ τὸν πλοῦτον ἐξεληλακότες ἐκ τῆς ἀρχῆς Ταρκυνίους, καὶ πρόφασιν πολέμου δικαίαν παράσχωσιν αὐτοῖς ὡς ἀποστερουμένοις τῶν ἰδίων·
But Collatinus advised the contrary, saying that the property of the tyrants had done no wrong to the city, but their persons had, and urging that they should guard against both things: lest they should get an evil reputation among all men as having expelled the Tarquins from power for the sake of their wealth, and lest they should afford them a just pretext for war as being deprived of their own.
ἄδηλον μὲν εἶναι φάσκων, εἰ κομισάμενοι τὰ χρήματα πολεμεῖν ἐπιχειρήσουσιν ἔτι πρὸς αὐτοὺς περὶ τῆς καθόδου, πρόδηλον δὲ θάτερον ὡς οὐκ ἀξιώσουσιν εἰρήνην ἄγειν τὰς οὐσίας ἀφαιρεθέντες.
He said that while it was unclear whether, having recovered their property, they would still attempt to make war against them for their return, the other thing was manifestly clear, that they would not choose to remain at peace if they were deprived of their estates.