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Messalina novo et quasi insano amore incensa est.

Messalina was ablaze with a new and, as it were, mad, love.

iam Messalina propter facilitatem adulteriorum ad novas libidines versa est

Now Messalina, because of the ease of her adulteries, turned herself to new lusts.

...abrumpi dissimulationem urgebat: quippe non expectandum, dum princeps senesceret.

...he was urging that the concealment be thrown off: that obviously they should not wait until the emperor grew old.

simulque se magna praemia accepturum.

and at the same time he would receive great rewards.

Claudius matrimonii sui ignarus.

Claudius was ignorant of the state of his marriage.

nam in C. Silium, iuventutis Romanae pulcherrimum, ita exarerat ut...

For she had been so inflamed with desire for C. Silius, that...

...ut Iuniam Silanam, nobilem feminam, matrimonio eius exturbaret liberoque adultero potiretur.

...that she drove out Junia Silana, a noble woman, and took possession of him, now unencumbered as an adulterous lover.

...si praevenirent Claudium, qui insidiis incautus sed ad iram celer esset.

...if they could pre-empt Claudius, who was slow to suspect intrigues but quick to anger.

...egredienti adhaeret, dat opes honoresque;

...she clung to him when he went out, gave him wealth and honours;

sed intellexit exitium, si abnueret, fore certum et...

But he understood that ruin would be certain, if he refused, and...

se caelibem, orbum, nuptiis et adoptando Britannicum paratum.

(he said that) he was unmarried, childless, and ready for the adoption of Britannicus.

illa non furtim sed multis cum comitibus ventitat domum...

She came to the house frequently, not furtively but with many companions...

eandem Messalinae potentiam mansuram esse, addita securitate,...

(he said that) Messalina's power would remain the same, with her security enhanced,...

Silius, sive fatali insania an ipsa pericula remedium imminentium periculorum ratus,

Silius, either in a fatal madness or thinking that the dangers themselves were the antidote to threatening dangers,

neque Silius flagitii aut periculi nescius:

and Silius was not unaware of the scandal or danger:

postremo servi, liberti, paratus principis apud adulterum saepe videbantur.

finally, (her) slaves, freedmen, furnishings of the emperor were often seen at the house of the adulterer.

...et, si consentiret, nonnullam facinoris celandi spem esse;

...and that, if he agreed, there was some hope of hiding the crime;

placuit neglegere future praesentibus frui.

Therefore he decided to ignore the future and to enjoy the present.