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Ac veluti magno in populo cum saepe coorta est
Seditio, saevitque animis ignobile volgus,
Jamque faces et saxa volant (furor arma ministrat);
Tum pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem
Conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant;
Ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet.

Virgil. Aeneid, I., 148.

As when sedition oft has stirred
In some great town the vulgar herd,
And brands and stones already fly, –
For rage has weapons always nigh –
Then should some man of worth appear
Whose stainless virtue all revere,
They hush, they hist: his clear voice rules
Their rebel wills, their anger cools. - (Conington.)

Ac velutī magnō in populō cum saepe coörta est
Sēditiō, saevitque (in) animīs ignōbile volgus,
Iamque facēs et saxa volant (furor arma ministrat);
Tum pietāte gravem ac meritīs sī forte virum quem
Cōnspēxēre (-ērunt), silent, arrectīsque auribus adstant;
Ille regit dictīs animōs, et pectora mulcet.

velutī, like as, like, just as.

magnus, -a, -um, great, large.

in, prep. w/abl., in.

populus, -ī, m., people, nation.

coörior, -īrī, -örtus sum, arise, appear, break forth.

sēditiō, -ōnis, f., insurection, mutiny, civil discord, sedition.

saeviō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus, be furious, rage.

animus, -ī, m., soul, mind, spirit.

ignōbilis, -e, of low birth, baseborn, ignoble.

volgus, -ī, n., mass, multitude, herd, rabble.

iam, adv., now, already.

fax, facis, f., torch, firebrand.

saxum, -ī, n., stone, rock, boulder.

volō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, fly.

furor, -ōris, m., rage, fury.

arma, -ōrum, n. pl., arms, weapons.

ministrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus, serve, furnish, supply.

tum, adv., then, at that time.

pietās, -ātis, f., dutiful conduct, sense of duty, piety.

gravis, -e, serious, dignified, venerable.

meritum, -ī, n. merit, due, service.

sī, conj., if.

forte, adv., by chance.

quī, quae, quod, rel. pron., who, which, that.

cōnspiciō, -ere, -spēxī, -spectus, perceive, see, look at attentively.

sileō, silēre, siluī, -, be silent, be still.

arrectus, -a, -um, raised, erect, perked up.

auris, auris, f., the ear (3rd, i-stem).

adstō, -āre, -stetī, -status, stand to, upright.

ille, illa, illud, demonstr. pron., he, she, it, that.

regō, -ere, rēxī, rēctus, govern, rule.

dictum, -ī, n., word, utterance, remark.

pectus, -oris, n., breast, heart, feeling.

mulceo, -ēre, mulsī, mulsus, touch lightly, soothe, calm.