Atque ut intellegatis nihil ei tam regale videri quam studium agri colendi, Socrates in eo libro loquitur cum Critobulo Cyrum minorem Persarum regem, praestantem ingenio atque imperi gloria, cum Lysander Lacedaemonius, vir summae virtutis, venisset ad eum Sardis eique dona a sociis attulisset, et ceteris in rebus communem erga Lysandrum atque humanum fuisse et ei quendam consaeptum agrum diligenter consitum ostendisse.

LYSANDER: the great commander who in 405 B.C. won the battle of Aegospotamos against the Athenians. SARDIS: acc. pl.; -is represents Gk. -εις. CONSAEPTUM AGRUM: 'park'; the phrase is a translation of Xenophon's παραδεισον; this will account for the omission of et before diligenter consitum. DILIGENTER: 'carefully'. PROCERITATES: the plural probably indicates the height of each kind of tree.