165. Orosius inserts a copy of these pretended letters. Tu
cum omnibus pacem habe, omniumque obsides accipe; nos nobis
confligimus, nobis perimus, tibi vincimus; immortalis vero
quaestus erit Reipublicae tuae, si utrique pereamus [p.
586]. The idea is just; but I cannot persuade myself that it
was entertained or expressed by the barbarians.