Hist. 1.46.1Alium crēderēs senātum, alium populum: ruere cūnctī in castra, anteīre proximōs, certāre cum praecurrentibus, increpāre Galbam, laudāre mīlitum iūdicium, exōsculārī Othōnis manum;You would have thought it a different senate, a different people: all rushed to the camp, outran those nearest them, vied with those running ahead, abused Galba, praised the soldiers' judgement, covered Otho's hand with kisses; Hist. 1.46.1quantōque magis falsa erant quae fīēbant, tantō plūra facere.and the more false their actions were, the more of them they performed. Hist. 1.46.1Nec aspernābātur singulōs Othō, avidum et minācem mīlitum animum vōce vultūque temperāns.Nor did Otho rebuff individuals, tempering the greedy and menacing mood of the soldiers with voice and look. Hist. 1.46.1Marium Celsum, cōnsulem dēsignātum et Galbae ūsque in extrēmās rēs amīcum fīdumque, ad supplicium expostulābant, industriae eius innocentiaeque quasi malīs artibus īnfēnsī.They demanded Marius Celsus, consul-designate and Galba's friend, loyal to the very end, for execution, resenting his energy and integrity as though they were wicked arts. Hist. 1.46.1Caedis et praedārum initium et optimō cuique perniciem quaerī appārēbat, sed Othōnī nōndum auctōritās īnerat ad prohibendum scelus: iubēre iam poterat.It was evident that a beginning of slaughter and plunder and the ruin of every good man were being sought, but Otho did not yet have the authority to prevent a crime: he could already order one.
Hist. 1.46.1Ita simulātiōne īrae vincīrī iussum et maiōrēs poenās datūrum adfirmāns praesentī exitiō subtrāxit.So, by pretending anger, he ordered him to be put in chains, and by declaring that he would suffer a heavier punishment, he removed him from immediate death.