Messalina - Section 6

1 atque 2 interim , 3 tribus 4 omnino 5 comitantibus - 6 tam 7 repens 8 erat 9 solitudo - 10 postquam 13 per 14 urbem 12 pedibus 11 ivit , 18 vehiculo , 19 quo 20 purgamenta 21 hortorum 22 eripiuntur , 16 Ostiensem 17 viam 15 intrat . 2 nullam 3 misericordiam 4 civibus 1 commovit 5 quia 7 flagitiorum 6 deformitas 8 praevalebat . 1 et 2 iam 3 erat 4 in 5 aspectu 6 Claudii 8 7 clamitabatque 9 ut 10 audiret 12 Octaviae 13 et 14 Britannici 11 matrem . 1 Narcissus 2 tamen 3 obstrepuit , 5 Silium 6 et 7 nuptias 4 referens ; 1 simul 3 codicillos 5 libidinum 4 indices 2 tradidit , 6 quibus 8 visus 9 Caesaris 7 averteret . 1 nec 2 multo 3 post 7 urbem 6 ingredienti 5 offerebantur 4 liberi , 8 sed 9 Narcissus 12 amoveri 11 eos 10 iussit .

Section 6 Translation: And meanwhile, with three at the most accompanying her, so sudden was the isolation, after she went on foot through the city, she entered the Ostian road in a cart, by which the rubbish of the garden was being taken away. She aroused no pity in the citizens, because the hideousness of the scandal prevailed. And now she was in sight of Claudius and kept shouting that he should listen to the mother of Octavia and Britannicus. Narcissus, however, shouted her down, referring to Silius and the marriage; at the same time, he handed over a writing tablet as proof of her lusts, by which he might avert the glances of Caesar. Not long afterwards, the children tried to present themselves (to Claudius) as he was entering the city, but Narcissus ordered them to be moved away.