At quis antea loqui, quis hiscere audebat, praeter miseros illos qui primi interrogabantur? Ceteri quidem defixi et attoniti ipsam illam mutam ac sedentariam adsentiendi necessitatem quo cum dolore animi, quo cum totius corporis horrore perpetiebantur! Unus solusque censebat, quod sequerentur omnes et omnes improbarent, in primis ipse qui censuerat.
Contrast the previous reign: who dared then to open his mouth or say a word except the poor wretches called on for the first speech? The rest, too terrified to move, endured the forced necessity of giving assent in silence, without rising from their seats, their mental anguish as painful as their physical fears. A solitary senator expressed a single view for all to follow, though none approved, and least of all the speaker.
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