Nunc etiam interpres divum Iove missus ab ipso (testor utrumque caput) celeres mandata per auras detulit: ipse deum manifesto in lumine vidi intrantem muros vocemque his auribus hausi. Desine meque tuis incendere teque querelis; Italism non sponte sequor.

Now even the messenger of the gods, sent by Jupiter himself, (I swear it on both our heads), has brought the command of the swift breeze: I saw the god himself in broad daylight enter the city and these very ears drank of his words. Stop rousing yourself and me with your complaints. I do not take the course of Italy of my own free will.