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39.21.

oportere: impers.; its subject is amicitiamesse.id, not eam, because it refers to the idea, ut amicus populi Romani esset.si remittatur: fut. cond. (§ 516, 589 (307, 337); B. 268. 7; G. 656; H. 573. 1, 646 (507.i, 527.i); H-B. 536, 579. a); the pres. for imperf., contrary to regular sequence, for greater vividness.


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