"I shall hereafter explain to you how not only expedient, but even necessary has been this plan of my colleagues, according to which they would not draw off the army from Veii until the business has been completed.

For the present I am disposed to speak concerning the condition of the soldiers.

Which observations of mine I think would appear reasonable not only before you, but even, if they were delivered in the camp, in the opinion of the soldiers themselves; on which subject if nothing could suggest itself to my own mind to say, I certainly should be satisfied with that which is suggested by the arguments of my adversaries.

They lately said, that pay should not be given to the soldiers because it had never been given.

How then can they now feel displeased, that additional labour should be imposed in due proportion on those to whom some addition of profit has been added?
In no case is there either labour without emolument, nor emolument in general without the expense of labour.