For I am too cautious or (to speak more truly) too timid, to exaggerate anything beyond what is proven by trustworthy and sure evidence.

Cum nos cauti vel (ut verius dixerim) timidi, nihil exaggeremus, praeter ea quae fidei testimonia neque incerta monstrarunt.

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