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desire_v peace_n rather_o than_o war_n nor_o shall_v dishonour_v thyself_o be_v a_o most_o excellent_a man_n by_o confederate_v with_o jugurth_n the_o worst_a of_o all_o man_n withal_o that_o thou_o shall_v take_v from_o we_o a_o severe_a necessity_n of_o persecute_v they_o error_n and_o his_o wickedness_n beside_o it_o seem_v good_a to_o the_o roman_a people_n be_v poor_a even_o from_o the_o very_a beginning_n to_o procure_v friend_n rather_o than_o servant_n &_o they_o think_v it_o safe_a to_o command_v over_o those_o who_o be_v willing_a than_o those_o who_o be_v enforce_v but_o for_o thou_o no_o friendship_n be_v more_o useful_a than_o we_o first_o because_o we_o be_v far_o remove_v in_o which_o there_o be_v least_o cause_n of_o offence_n and_o as_o equal_a correspondency_n as_o if_o we_o be_v neighbour_n then_o
because_o we_o have_v parent_n abundant_o of_o friend_n neither_o we_o nor_o any_o man_n else_o have_v ever_o enough_o and_o will_v to_o god_n this_o have_v please_v thou_o from_o the_o beginning_n then_o for_o certain_a thou_o have_v receive_v more_o benefit_n from_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n than_o thou_o have_v suffer_v mischief_n but_o because_o fortune_n govern_v most_o of_o humane_a affair_n who_o pleasure_n forsooth_o it_o be_v that_o thou_o shall_v try_v both_o our_o force_n and_o favour_n now_o since_o thou_o may_v do_v it_o by_o her_o leave_n make_v haste_n go_v on_o as_o thou_o have_v begin_v many_o and_o opportune_a mean_n thou_o have_v to_o redeem_v thy_o error_n the_o more_o easy_o with_o good_a office_n last_o let_v this_o sink_v into_o thy_o breast_n that_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n be_v never_o overcome_v with_o benefit_n for_o in_o war_n what_o they_o be_v able_a to_o do_v thou_o thyself_o know_v to_o this_o bocchus_n answer_v in_o few_o word_n excuse_v withal_o his_o own_o of_o fence_n that_o he_o have_v not_o take_v arm_n with_o any_o hostile_a intention_n but_o for_o the_o safety_n of_o his_o kingdom_n that_o that_o part_n of_o numidia_n from_o whence_o he_o expel_v jugurth_n be_v make_v his_o own_o by_o the_o right_n of_o war_n he_o can_v not_o suffer_v that_o to_o be_v waste_v by_o marius_n moreover_o have_v send_v ambassador_n to_o rome_n he_o have_v receive_v a_o repulse_n of_o their_o friendship_n but_o he_o will_v omit_v old_a grievance_n and_o now_o if_o he_o may_v have_v marius_n licence_n he_o will_v senâ_n ambassador_n to_o the_o senate_n then_o leave_v be_v grant_v the_o barbarian_n mind_v be_v alter_v by_o his_o friend_n who_o jugurth_n fearful_a of_o what_o be_v intend_v after_o the_o knowledge_n of_o syllab_n and_o manlius_n ambassage_n have_v corrupt_v with_o gift_n chap._n 27._o marius_n draw_v out_o some_o troupesito_n besiege_v the_o king_n tower_n bocchus_n some_o other_o ambassador_n of_o who_o three_o be_v send_v to_o rome_n marius_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n his_o army_n be_v quarter_v in_o their_o winter_n garrison_n march_v into_o the_o desert_n with_o the_o lightarmed_n cohort_n and_o a_o part_n of_o the_o cavalry_n to_o besiege_v the_o tower_n royal_a where_o jugurth_n have_v place_v all_o the_o fugitive_n in_o garrison_n then_o again_o either_o from_o the_o contemplation_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o have_v happen_v to_o he_o in_o two_o several_a battle_n or_o be_v admonish_v by_o other_o friend_n who_o jugurth_n have_v leave_v uncorrupted_a bocchus_n select_v five_o among_o all_o the_o number_n of_o those_o that_o be_v near_a unto_o he_o who_o fidelity_n be_v well_o know_v and_o who_o judgement_n be_v mostable_n he_o command_v they_o to_o go_v to_o marius_n and_o from_o thence_o iâ_n it_o be_v his_o pleasure_n to_o rome_n he_o grant_v they_o licence_n to_o manage_v his_o affair_n and_o to_o compound_v the_o war_n upon_o what_o term_n soever_o they_o travail_n speedy_o towards_o the_o wintr_a place_n of_o the_o roman_n then_o be_v surprise_v and_o rob_v in_o their_o journey_n by_o getulian_n thief_n they_o repair_v to_o sylla_n be_v fearful_a and_o unseem_o clad_v who_o the_o consul_n go_v upon_o the_o expedition_n have_v leave_v for_o praetour_n he_o entertain_v they_o not_o as_o vain_a enemy_n according_a to_o their_o desert_n but_o dainty_o and_o liberal_o upon_o which_o occasion_n the_o barbarian_n both_o think_v the_o report_n of_o the_o roman_n avarice_n to_o be_v false_a and_o sylla_n for_o his_o munificence_n towards_o they_o to_o be_v their_o friend_n for_o even_o then_o give_v be_v unknown_a to_o many_o no_o man_n be_v think_v munificent_a except_o will_v therewith_o all_o all_o good_a thing_n be_v procure_v by_o bounty_n upon_o this_o they_o deliner_n bocchus_n charge_n to_o the_o treasurer_n withal_o they_o request_v of_o he_o that_o he_o will_v be_v their_o favourer_n and_o counsellor_n they_o magnify_v in_o their_o speech_n the_o king_n force_n faith_n greatness_n and_o what_o ââse_v beside_o they_o think_v will_v be_v useful_a or_o benevolent_a then_o sylla_n have_v promise_v they_o his_o best_a furtherance_n they_o be_v instruct_v what_o they_o shall_v speak_v to_o marius_n what_o to_o the_o senate_n stay_v thereabouts_o forty_o day_n after_o marius_n without_o effect_v the_o business_n be_v return_v to_o cirtha_n as_o he_o intend_v be_v certify_v of_o the_o arrival_n of_o the_o ambassador_n he_o command_v both_o they_o and_o sylla_n to_o come_v to_o he_o from_o utica_n and_o with_o they_o l._n bellienus_n praetour_n of_o utica_n beside_o all_o man_n from_o all_o place_n of_o the_o senatorian_a order_n with_o they_o he_o inform_v himself_o of_o âugurths_n mandate_n in_o which_o licence_n be_v give_v to_o the_o ambassador_n to_o go_v to_o rome_n in_o the_o interspace_n a_o truce_n be_v require_v of_o the_o consul_n these_o thing_n please_v marius_n and_o most_o man_n beside_o some_o few_o censure_v more_o rigorous_o as_o ignorant_a of_o humane_a affair_n which_o be_v frail_a and_o inconstant_a do_v always_o change_v opposit_o but_o the_o moor_n have_v all_o their_o request_n grant_v three_o of_o they_o go_v to_o rome_n with_o cn._n octavius_n rufo_n who_o be_v treasurer_n transport_v the_o pay_n into_o africa_n two_o of_o they_o return_v to_o the_o king_n from_o these_o bocchus_n hear_v among_o other_o thing_n the_o report_n of_o sulla_n bounty_n and_o affection_n and_o at_o rome_n to_o his_o ambassador_n requ_v friendship_n and_o alliance_n after_o they_o have_v confess_v the_o kiug_n to_o have_v err_v and_o to_o have_v fall_v into_o this_o mischief_n by_o jugurths_n villainy_n a_o answer_n be_v make_v after_o this_o manner_n that_o the_o senate_n and_o people_n of_o rome_n be_v mindful_a of_o a_o benefit_n and_o injury_n but_o yet_o to_o bocchus_n because_o he_o repent_v they_o give_v a_o pardon_n of_o his_o offence_n alliance_n and_o friendship_n shall_v be_v grant_v when_o he_o shall_v deserve_v it_o which_o passage_n be_v know_v bocchus_n intreat_v marius_n by_o his_o letter_n that_o he_o will_v send_v sylla_n unto_o he_o by_o who_o arbitration_n they_o may_v provide_v for_o the_o common_a affair_n he_o be_v send_v with_o a_o convoy_n of_o horseman_n and_o footman_n be_v barbarian_a slinger_n beside_o there_o go_v archer_n &_o the_o pelignian_a cohort_n with_o their_o light_a arm_n because_o of_o make_v the_o more_o expedition_n in_o their_o journey_n neither_o be_v they_o less_o defend_v with_o these_o then_o with_o other_o arm_n against_o the_o enemy_n dart_n because_o they_o be_v light_a also_o but_o on_o the_o five_o day_n as_o they_o iourney_v volux_n the_o son_n of_o bocchus_n show_v himself_o sudden_o in_o the_o open_o field_n with_o no_o more_o than_o a_o thousand_o horse_n who_o march_v loose_o and_o disorderly_o represent_v to_o sylla_n &_o all_o the_o rest_n both_o a_o number_n great_a than_o truth_n and_o a_o hostile_a terror_n beside_o therefore_o every_o man_n make_v ready_a they_o try_v they_o fix_v their_o arm_n and_o weapon_n their_o fear_n be_v something_o but_o their_o hope_n more_o as_o unto_o vanquisher_n and_o against_o those_o who_o they_o have_v often_o vanquish_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n the_o horseman_n send_v before_o to_o discover_v bring_v tiding_n that_o all_o be_v quiet_a volux_n come_v near_o tell_v the_o treasurer_n that_o he_o be_v send_v by_o his_o father_n bocchus_n to_o meet_v and_o to_o guard_v they_o then_o join_v their_o force_n they_o march_v that_o and_o the_o next_o day_n together_o without_o fear_n afterward_o when_o they_o have_v pitch_v their_o tent_n and_o the_o evening_n be_v come_v sudden_o the_o moor_n tremble_v with_o a_o suptitious_a countenance_n post_v to_o sylla_n inform_v he_o that_o it_o be_v discover_v by_o the_o skoute_n that_o jugurth_n be_v not_o far_o off_o withal_o he_o do_v request_n and_o persuade_v he_o that_o he_o will_v secret_o fly_v away_o with_o he_o by_o night_n he_o be_v of_o a_o haughty_a mind_n deny_v that_o he_o fear_v the_o numidian_a so_o often_o vanquish_v he_o be_v sufficient_o confident_a of_o his_o own_o man_n valour_n yea_o if_o certain_a destruction_n be_v at_o hand_n he_o will_v rather_o stay_v then_o betray_v those_o who_o he_o lead_v save_v by_o a_o shameful_a flight_n a_o uncertain_a life_n and_o subject_a to_o extinguishment_n by_o sickness_n perhaps_o in_o a_o short_a time_n after_o but_o be_v warn_v by_o he_o to_o dismarch_n by_o night_n he_o approve_v the_o counsel_n and_o forthwith_o he_o command_v the_o soldier_n to_o sup_v in_o their_o tent_n &_o frequent_a fire_n to_o be_v make_v then_o in_o the_o first_o watch_n to_o issue_n out_o with_o silence_n chap._n 28._o sylla_n be_v send_v ambassador_n to_o bocchus_n be_v likely_a to_o be_v surprise_v by_o jugurth_n he_o escape_v jugurth_n be_v betray_v by_o bocchus_n to_o the_o roman_n and_o