Hac modesta imperatoris oratione, inter secunda et aspera medii, miles pro tempore delenitus, assumpta cum meliorum exspectatione fiducia, regibilem se fore pollicitus et morigerum, cunctorum adspirante consensu, auctoritatem eius sublimitatemque cordis extollebat in caelum, quod cum vere atque ex animo dicitur, solet armorum crepitu leni monstrari.
By this address of an emperor self-contained amid prosperity and adversity the soldiers were quieted for the time, and, gaining confidence through the anticipation of better days, they promised to be obedient and compliant. With unanimous applause they lauded his leadership and high spirit to the skies; and when such utterances are sincere and come from the heart, it is usually shown by a slight clashing of shields.
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