et nondum crasso laquearia fulva metallo, montibus aut alte Grais effulta nitebant atria, congestos satis explicitura clientes; non impacatis regum advigilantia somnis pila, nec alterna ferri statione gementes excubiae, nec cura mero committere gemmas atque aurum violare cibis: sed nuda potestas armavit fratres, pugna est de paupere regno.
And not yet did panelled ceilings shine fulvous with thick metal or lofty halls propped upon Greek marble, with space to spread assembled clients. There were no spears watching over the restless slumbers of monarchs nor steel-bearing (?) sentinels in alternating station, nor were they at pains to trust jewels to wine and pollute gold with victuals: naked power armed the brethren, their fight is for a pauper crown.
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