§7.57.1ταῦτα καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια τούτοις εἰπὼν ἐπαύσατο.
Having said these and similar things, he ceased speaking.
τῶν δὲ βουλευτῶν οἱ μετʼ αὐτὸν ἀνιστάμενοι πλὴν ὀλίγων οἱ λοιποὶ ταύτῃ προσέθεντο τῇ γνώμῃ.
And of the senators who rose after him, all the rest except a few agreed with this opinion.
καὶ ἐπειδὴ τὸ προβούλευμα ἔδει γράφεσθαι, λόγον αἰτησάμενος ὁ Μάρκιος εἶπεν· οἷος μέν, ὦ βουλή, πρὸς τὰ κοινὰ ἐγὼ γέγονα, καὶ ὡς διὰ τὴν πρὸς ὑμᾶς εὔνοιαν εἰς τοῦτον τὸν κίνδυνον ἐλήλυθα, καὶ ὅτι παρὰ γνώμην ἀπήντηταί μοι τὰ παρʼ ὑμῶν, ἅπαντες ἴστε καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον εἴσεσθε, ὅταν τὰ κατʼ ἐμὲ §7.57.2σχῇ τέλος.
And when the preliminary decree of the senate had to be drawn up, Marcius, having asked leave to speak, said: "What sort of person I have been toward the public affairs, O senators, and how because of my goodwill toward you I have come into this danger, and that the treatment on your part has met me contrary to my expectation, you all know and will know still better when my affairs reach their end.
ἐπεὶ δʼ ἡ Οὐαλερίου γνώμη νικᾷ, συνενέγκειε μὲν ταῦτα ὑμῖν, καὶ γενοίμην ἐγὼ κακὸς εἰκαστὴς τῶν ἐσομένων.
But since the opinion of Valerius prevails, may this bring advantage to you, and may I prove a false prophet of the things to come.
ἵνα δὲ καὶ ὑμεῖς οἱ τὸ προβούλευμα γράφοντες εἰδῆτε ἐφʼ οἷς παραδιδόναι με τῷ δήμῳ μέλλετε, κἀγὼ μὴ ἀγνοῶ, περὶ τίνος ἀγωνιοῦμαι, κελεύσατε δὴ τοὺς δημάρχους εἰπεῖν ἐναντίον ὑμῶν, τί τὸ ἀδίκημά ἐστιν, ἐφʼ οὗ μέλλουσί μου κατηγορεῖν, καὶ ποταπὸν ὄνομα ἐπιγράψουσι τῇ δίκῃ.
But so that both you who are drawing up the decree may know upon what charges you are about to deliver me to the people, and that I may not be ignorant of what I am to contend about, command the tribunes to declare in your presence what the wrongdoing is of which they intend to accuse me, and what kind of name they will register for the suit."