Clem. 1.15.1Trichōnem equitem Rōmānum memoriā nostrā, quia fīlium suum flagellīs occīderat, populus graphiīs in forō cōnfōdit ;Within our memory, the people stabbed Tricho, a Roman knight, with writing-styluses in the forum, because he had flogged his son to death; Clem. 1.15.1vix illum Augustī Caesaris auctōritās īnfestīs tam patrum quam fīliōrum manibus ēripuit.the authority of Augustus Caesar barely rescued him from the hostile hands of fathers and sons alike. Clem. 1.15.2Tarium, quī fīlium dēprēnsum in parricīdiī cōnsiliō damnāvit causā cognitā, nēmō nōn suspexit, quod contentus exiliō et exiliō dēlicātō Massiliae parricīdam continuit et annua illī praestitit, quanta praestāre integrō solēbat ;Tarius, who after hearing the case condemned his son, caught in a plot against his father's life, was admired by everyone, because, content with exile, and a comfortable exile at Marseilles, he kept the parricide there and provided him with as large a yearly allowance as he used to give him while he was innocent; Clem. 1.15.2haec līberālitās effēcit, ut, in quā cīvitāte numquam dēest patrōnus peiōribus, nēmō dubitāret, quīn reus meritō damnātus esset, quem is pater damnāre potuisset, quī ōdisse nōn poterat.this generosity brought it about that, in a city where the worse side never lacks an advocate, no one doubted that the accused had been justly condemned, since he had been condemned by a father who could not hate him.
Clem. 1.15.3Hōc ipsō exemplō dabō, quem comparēs bonō patrī, bonum prīncipem.From this very example I shall give you a good prince to compare with a good father. Clem. 1.15.3Cognitūrus dē fīliō Tarius advocāvit in cōnsilium Caesarem Augustum ;When about to try his son, Tarius invited Caesar Augustus to his council; Clem. 1.15.3vēnit in prīvātōs penātēs, adsēdit, pars aliēnī cōnsiliī fuit, nōn dīxit : " Immō in meam domum veniat " ;he came to a private home, took his seat, was part of another man's council, and did not say: 'No, let him come to my house'; Clem. 1.15.3quod sī factum esset, Caesaris futūra erat cognitiō, nōn patris.for had that happened, the trial would have been Caesar's, not the father's. Clem. 1.15.4Audītā causā excussīsque omnibus, et hīs, quae adulēscēns prō sē dīxerat, et hīs, quibus arguēbātur- petit, ut, sententiam suam quisque scrīberet nē, ea omnium fieret quae, Caesaris fuisset fuisset ;When the case had been heard and everything examined, both what the young man had said in his defence and the charges against him, he asked that each should write down his verdict, lest it become everyone's because it had been Caesar's; Clem. 1.15.4deinde, priusquam aperīrentur cōdicillī, iūrāvit sē Tariī, hominis locuplētis, hērēditātem nōn aditūrum.then, before the tablets were opened, he swore that he would not accept the inheritance of Tarius, a wealthy man.
Clem. 1.15.5Dīcet aliquis : " Pusillō animō timuit, nē vidērētur locum speī suae aperīre velle fīliī damnātiōne."Someone will say: 'He was faint-hearted to fear that he might seem to want to open a way for his own hopes by the son's condemnation.' Clem. 1.15.5Ego contrā sentiō ;I think the opposite; Clem. 1.15.5quīlibet nostrum dēbuisset adversus opīniōnēs malignās satis fīdūciae habēre in bonā cōnscientiā, prīncipēs multa dēbent etiam fāmae dare.any of us ought to have had enough confidence in a good conscience against malicious opinions, but princes must give much weight to reputation as well. Clem. 1.15.5Iūrāvit sē nōn aditūrum hērēditātem.He swore that he would not accept the inheritance. Clem. 1.15.6Tarius quidem eōdem diē et alterum hērēdem perdidit, sed Caesar lībertātem sententiae suae redēmit ;Tarius did indeed lose a second heir on the same day, but Caesar bought the freedom of his verdict; Clem. 1.15.6et postquam approbāvit grātuītam esse sevēritātem suam, quod prīncipī semper cūrandum est, dīxit relēgandum, quō patrī vidērētur.and after he had shown that his severity was disinterested, something a prince must always take care of, he said the son should be banished to wherever the father thought fit.
Clem. 1.15.7Nōn culleum, nōn serpentēs, nōn carcerem dēcrēvit memor, nōn dē quō cēnsēret, sed cui in cōnsiliō esset;He did not decree the sack, nor the serpents, nor prison, mindful not of whom he was judging but of whose council he was part; Clem. 1.15.7mollissimō genere poenae contentum esse dēbēre patrem dīxit in fīliō adulēscentulō impulsō in id scelus, in quō sē, quod proximum erat ab innocentiā, timidē gessisset ;he said that a father ought to be content with the mildest form of punishment in the case of a very young son, driven into this crime, in which he had behaved timidly, which was the next thing to innocence; Clem. 1.15.7dēbēre illum ab urbe et ā parentis oculīs submovērī.he ought to be removed from the city and from his parent's sight.