Nam cum vidit hic ad victum quae flagitat usus omnia iam ferme mortalibus esse parata, et, proquam possent, vitam consistere tutam, divitiis homines et honore et laude potentis affluere atque bona gnatorum excellere fama, nec minus esse domi cuiquam tamen anxia corda, atque animi ingratis vitam vexare sine ulla pausa atque infestis cogi saevire querellis,.
For when he saw how mortals had ready for them nearly all that need demands for living, and that, as far as they could, their life was established safe; saw how men were rolling in riches, mighty in honour and fame, proud in the good repute of their sons, while at home nevertheless each had an anxious heart; saw how they tormented their life in their own despite without any pause, and were compelled to wax furious with racking lamentations:
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