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... vagum hostem promptius sustentavisset aegre compulsum ferunt, ut instantem...

This should be a new sentence with the verb "ferunt," introducing o.o. with Paetus as subject of "compulsum": "<T's sources>report that Paetus was with difficulty compelled that ("ut") he should admit/confess to Corbulo that <the enemy> was threatening."