Hist. 1.34.1Festīnandum cēterīs vidēbātur antequam crēsceret invalida adhūc coniūrātiō paucōrum: trepidātūrum etiam Othōnem, quī fūrtim dīgressus, ad ignārōs inlātus, cūnctātiōne nunc et segnitia terentium tempus imitārī prīncipem discat.To the rest it seemed that they must make haste, before the conspiracy of a few, still weak, could grow: Otho too would lose his nerve, he who had slipped away by stealth and been carried among men who knew nothing of it, but who would now, through the hesitation and idleness of those wasting time, learn to play the emperor. Hist. 1.34.1Nōn expectandum ut compositīs castrīs forum invādat et prōspectante Galba Capitōlium adeat, dum ēgregius imperātor cum fortibus amīcīs iānuā ac līmine tenus domum clūdit, obsidiōnem nīmīrum tolerātūrus.They must not wait until, with the camp put in order, he invaded the forum and went up to the Capitol before Galba's eyes, while their noble emperor with his brave friends shut up his house as far as the door and threshold, ready, no doubt, to endure a siege.
Hist. 1.34.1Et praeclārum in servīs auxilium sī cōnsēnsus tantae multitūdinis et, quae plūrimum valet, prīma indignātiō ēlanguēscat.And a splendid help there would be in the slaves, if the unanimity of so great a multitude and, what counts for most, their first indignation were allowed to cool. Hist. 1.34.1Proinde intūta quae indecōra;Therefore what was dishonourable was also unsafe; Hist. 1.34.1vel sī cadere necesse sit, occurrendum discrīminī: id Othōnī invidiōsius et ipsīs honestum.or, if they must fall, they should go to meet the danger: that would bring more odium on Otho and honour on themselves. Hist. 1.34.1Repugnantem huic sententiae Vīnium Lacō mināciter invāsit, stimulante Icelō prīvātī odiī pertināciā in pūblicum exitium.When Vinius opposed this view, Laco attacked him with threats, Icelus spurring him on with the persistence of a private hatred, to the ruin of the state.