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Latin to English translation?

can you please translate:
Mali sunti in nostor numero et de exitio bonorum virorum cogitare. Bonos adiuvate; conservate populum Romanum. ....?


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It looks like there are some typing errors.
"Mali sunt in nostro.." would look right.

If "cogitare" is correctly spelt, it may be one of those occasions where the Latin misses out an introductory phrase which I show below in brackets. The literal meaning is as follows.

~There are evil ones in our number and (I believe that) they are thinking about the destruction of good men. Support the good; preserve the Roman people.

In more idiomatic English ~ There are among our ranks evil men who are seriously contemplating the downfall of our good citizens. Come to the aid of our good men. Preserve the Roman people.