fremit amens corde sub imo ordo patrum ac magno interea meditatur amore servandi decoris, quonam se fine minanti servitio eripiat divosque evadat iniquos.
Thus the senators protested in utter distraction; yet they were fain to maintain their dignity, and considered any expedient by which they might escape impending slavery and the wrath of angry gods.
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