Hist. 1.39.1"Ac nē qua saltem in successōre Galbae spēs esset accersit ab exiliō quem trīstitia et avāritiā suī simillimum iūdicābat.'And so that there might not be any hope even in Galba's successor, he has fetched back from exile the man whom he judged most like himself in sourness and avarice. Hist. 1.39.1Vīdistis, commīlitōnēs, notābilī tempestāte etiam deōs īnfaustam adoptiōnem āversantīs.You saw, comrades, how by a remarkable storm even the gods turned away from that ill-omened adoption. Hist. 1.39.1Īdem senātus, īdem populī Rōmānī animus est: vestra virtūs expectātur, apud quōs omne honestīs cōnsiliīs rōbur et sine quibus quamvīs ēgregia invalida sunt.The senate is of the same mind, and so are the Roman people: they wait for your courage, for with you lies all the strength of honourable counsels, and without you even the noblest are powerless. Hist. 1.39.1Nōn ad bellum vōs nec ad perīculum vocō: omnium mīlitum arma nōbīscum sunt.It is not to war or to danger that I call you: the arms of all the soldiers are with us. Hist. 1.39.1Nec ūna cohors togāta dēfendit nunc Galbam sed dētinet: cum vōs aspēxerit, cum signum meum accēperit, hoc sōlum erit certāmen, quis mihi plūrimum imputet.Nor does the single cohort in togas now defend Galba; it detains him: when it catches sight of you, when it receives my signal, the only contest will be who can claim most credit from me.
Hist. 1.39.1Nūllus cūnctātiōnis locus est in eō cōnsiliō quod nōn potest laudārī nisi perāctum."There is no room for hesitation in a plan which cannot be praised unless it is carried through.' Hist. 1.39.1Aperīre deinde armāmentārium iussit.Then he ordered the armoury to be opened. Hist. 1.39.1Rapta statim arma, sine mōre et ōrdine mīlitiae, ut praetōriānus aut legiōnārius īnsignibus suīs distinguerētur: miscentur auxiliāribus galeīs scūtīsque, nūllō tribūnōrum centuriōnumve adhortante, sibi quisque dux et īnstīgātor;At once the weapons were seized, without the custom and order of the service by which praetorian and legionary were each distinguished by their own equipment: they were mixed up with the helmets and shields of the auxiliaries, with none of the tribunes or centurions urging them on, each man his own leader and instigator; Hist. 1.39.1et praecipuum pessimōrum incitāmentum quod bonī maerēbant.and the chief incitement of the worst was that the good were grieving.