1Come on, you! 1next time the court sits, come and serve as a judge by any means you can: there is no reason for you to sleep on your right ear, trusting in me. 1Idling does not go unpunished. 2Look at Licinius Nepos the praetor! 2Keen and brave, and a praetor too, he has imposed a fine even on a senator. 2The senator pleaded his case in the senate, but pleaded it in such a way as to beg for mercy. 2The fine was remitted, but he was afraid, but he begged, but he needed pardon. 3You will say: 'Not all praetors are so strict.' 3You are wrong; 3for to set or revive a precedent of this kind is possible only for strict men, but once it is set or revived even the most lenient can apply it.
3Farewell.