igitur nunc in ista non modo personarum sed etiam ordinum partiumque laetitia Transalpino tuo latere conducibilius visum, quippe cum hoc ipso tempore, quo haec mihi exarabantur, vix per omnia theatra macella, praetoria fora, templa gymnasia Thalassio Fescenninus explicaretur, atque etiam nunc e contrario studia sileant negotia quiescant iudicia conticescant, differantur legationes vacet ambitus et inter scurrilitates histrionicas totus actionum seriarum status peregrinetur.
So for the present, amid this general rejoicing not merely of individuals but of classes and parties, the best course for your friend from over the Alps seemed to be to lie low, for at the very moment that I am writing this the shouts of Thalassio according to Fescennine custom have hardly ceased to echo in every theatre, market-place, camp, law-court, church and playground; on the other hand, the schools are still silent, business is hushed, lawsuits are stilled, delegations from the provinces are adjourned, place-seeking takes a holiday, and while buffoons are making their merry jests all serious business seems to be away on its travels.
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