Lines 727-729 appear in a 6th c. manuscript as:
conpositis igitur rerum morumque secundis
in commune bonis, postquam intra tuta morari
contigit ac statione frui valloque foveri
pacificos Sensus, et in otia solvere curas,
exstruitur media castrorum sede tribunal
editiore loco, tumulus quem vertice acuto
excitat in speculam, subiecta unde omnia late
liber inoffenso circum inspicit aëre visus.
So now that a fair and happy state of circumstance and life has been established over all, now that the peaceable Sentiments can dwell in security under the protection of guard-post and rampart, and find relief in relaxation of their cares, a platform is set up at the midmost point of the camp on an elevated ground, a peak-topped hillock rising to make a look-out whence the eye can freely range afar on every side without obstruction.
I find it favorable.
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