§34.36.1haec conscripta castris propius urbem motis Lacedaemonem mittuntur.
These written conditions were sent to Lacedaemon, after the camp had been moved closer to the city.
§34.36.2nec sane quicquam eorum satis placebat tyranno, nisi quod praeter spem reducendorum exulum mentio nulla facta erat; maxime autem omnium ea res offendebat, quod et naves et maritimae civitates ademptae erant.
Nor indeed did any of them satisfy the tyrant, except that, contrary to expectation, no mention had been made of restoring the exiles; but what offended him most of all was the fact that both his ships and the maritime states had been taken away.
§34.36.3fuerat autem ei magno fructui mare, omnem oram a Maleo praedatoriis navibus infestam habenti; iuventutem praeterea civitatium earum ad supplementum longe optimi generis militum habebat.
For the sea had been of great profit to him, since he kept the entire coast from Malea infested with his pirate ships; moreover, he used the youth of those states as a reinforcement for by far the best class of his soldiers.
§34.36.4has condiciones quamquam ipse in secreto volutaverat cum amicis, vulgo tamen omnes fama ferebant, vanis, ut ad ceteram fidem, sic ad secreta tegenda satellitum regiorum ingeniis.
Although he himself had turned these conditions over in secret with his friends, they were nevertheless common talk among all, since the characters of the royal bodyguards were as untrustworthy in keeping secrets as they were in all other matters of faith.
§34.36.5non tam omnia universi, quam ea, quae ad quemque pertinerent, singuli carpebant.
They did not so much criticize the whole plan as individuals found fault with the parts that affected each one.
qui exulum coniuges in matrimonio habebant aut ex bonis eorum aliquid possederant, §34.36.6tamquam amissuri, non reddituri indignabantur.
Those who had married the wives of the exiles or had possessed any of their property were indignant as if they were going to lose them, not restore them.
servis liberatis a tyranno non irrita modo futura libertas, sed multo foedior, quam fuisset ante, servitus redeuntibus in iratorum dominorum potestatem ante oculos obversabatur.
Before the eyes of the slaves who had been freed by the tyrant, there loomed up not only the loss of their freedom, but a slavery far more wretched than before, as they would return to the power of their angered masters.
§34.36.7mercennarii milites et pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant et reditum sibi nullum in civitates videbant, infensas non tyrannis magis quam satellitibus eorum.
The mercenary soldiers both regretted that the pay for their service would fall in time of peace, and saw no return for themselves to their own states, which were not more hostile to the tyrants than to their henchmen.