5 abstulerit = auferret. The event is regarded simply as past, without reference to other past events.
5-6 nec deinde . . . fuit, cf. ‘Quirinus | Martis equis Acheronta fugit.’ Hor. Od. iii. 3. 15.
7 sēdato = settled, calmed. Sēd-o = cause to sit, cf. sēd-es, and our seat, settle.
11 orbitatis = of orphanhood; cf. orb-us = bereaved, and our orphan.
15 volens propitius, an ellipse of et, cf. optimus maximus.
sospitet = he may keep safe, preserve, cf. sospes = safe.
[B.] The Mystery explained.
Pulcher et humano maior trabeaque decorus
Romulus in media visus adesse via,
Et dixisse simul: ‘Prohibe lugere Quirites,