adversum quam saevire cupiens populus Romanus, postquam a Papirio, cuius manu iubente consule verba deditionis scripta erant, doctus est Faliscos non potestati sed fidei se Romanorum commisisse, omnem iram placida mente deposuit, pariterque et viribus odii, non sane facile vinci adsuetis, et victoriae obsequio, quae promptissime licentiam sumministrat, ne iustitiae suae deesset obstitit.
The Roman people wished to take violent measures against them, but were instructed by Papirius, by whose hand the words of the surrender were written at the Consuls order, that the Falisci had committed themselves not to Roman power but to Roman faith. Thus the people became calm, putting all anger aside. They resisted alike the power of hate, not wont to be easily overborne, and subservience to victory, which most readily affords licence, lest they fail the justice that was in them.
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