Viso tamen otio summo, quieti stetere paulisper armati, et interrogati, quae causa esset inconsulti motus et repentim, diu tacendo haesitantes super salute principis novi, non antea discesserunt, quam adsciti in consistorium, fulgentem eum augusto habitu conspexissent.
The armed men, however, seeing the perfect quiet, stood motionless for a time, and on being asked what was the cause of the ill-advised and sudden commotion, they kept silence for a long time, being in doubt as to the new emperors safety; and they would not leave until they were admitted to the council chamber and had seen him resplendent in the imperial garb.
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