Cloelia lines 36-52

ergo ita honorata virtute,

Therefore with her virtue having been honoured in this way,

feminae quoque ad publica decora excitatae,

the women also rouse to public glorious deeds,

et Cloelia virgo una ex obsidibus,

Cloelia who was one of the girls from the group of hostages,

cum castra Etruscorum forte haud procul ripa Tiberis locata essent,

with the camp of the Etruscans had by chance been located, not far from the bank of the Tiber,

frustrata custodes,

having deceived the guards,

dux agminis virginum inter tela hostium Tiberim tranavit,

she the leader of the band of women swam across the Tiber in-between the weapons of the enemies,

sospitesque omnes Romam ad propinquos restituit.

and she safely restored them all safe to Rome in their families.

quod ubi regi nuntiatum est,

When this was announced to the king,

primo incensus ira oratores Romam misit ad Cloeliam obsidem deposcendam:

at first he was inflamed with anger, he sent the spokesmen to Rome in order to demand back the hostage Cloelia,

alias haud magni facere.

he said that he valued the others not greatly.

deinde in admirationem versus,

Then he is turned to admiration,

supra Coclites Muciosque dicere id facinus esse,

he said that crime was above the Cocles and the Mucii,

et prae se ferre quemadmodum si non dedatur obses,

and he declared that just like if the hostage was not given back,

pro rupto foedus se habiturum,

he would consider the treaty as if broken,

sic deditam intactam inviolatamque ad suos remissurum.

thus he would send back the surrounded women in one piece unharmed to her family.

utrimque constitit fides;

the faith from both sides remains firm;

et Romani pignus pacis ex foedere restituerunt,

and the romans gave back her as a pledge of peace from the treaty,

et apud regem Etruscum non tuta solum sed honorata etiam virtus fuit,

and at the hands of the Etruscan her virtue was not only safe but also honoured.

laudatamque virginem parte obsidum se donare dixit;

He said that he would give the having been praised women with a part of the hostages,

ipsa quos vellet legeret.

and she could choose who she wants.

pace redintegrata

with the peace having been restored

Romani novam in femina virtutem

the Romans rewarded the new virtue in a woman

novo genere honoris,

with a new type of honour

statua equestri, donavere;

and that was a horse stature,

in summa Sacra Via fuit posita virgo insidens equo.

and it was placed in the peak of the sacred street and it was sitting on the horse.