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long_o in_o any_o one_o place_n then_o a_o day_n or_o night_n he_o give_v out_o colourable_o that_o his_o business_n cause_v he_o to_o make_v this_o haste_n but_o indeed_o he_o fear_v treason_n which_o he_o think_v to_o shun_v by_o celerity_n for_o such_o design_n be_v father_v by_o idleness_n and_o opportunity_n but_o metellus_n when_o he_o see_v the_o townsman_n resolve_v to_o fight_v and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o strong_a peer_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o work_n and_o situation_n he_o surround_v the_o wall_n with_o a_o circumuallation_n then_o he_o command_v they_o from_o that_o place_n which_o be_v most_o fit_a for_o the_o purpose_n to_o bring_v their_o vine_n engine_n forward_o and_o above_o they_o to_o raise_v a_o rampire_n and_o tower_n be_v raise_v upon_o the_o rampire_n thus_o to_o secure_v the_o work_n &_o the_o labourer_n to_o prevent_v this_o the_o townsman_n use_v all_o possible_a diligence_n and_o preparation_n nothing_o be_v leave_v undo_v by_o either_o side_n final_o the_o roman_n tire_v out_o with_o much_o labour_n &_o fight_v after_o 40._o day_n that_o they_o come_v thither_o only_o get_v the_o town_n all_o the_o prey_n be_v spoil_v by_o the_o fugitive_n they_o when_o they_o see_v the_o wall_n batter_v with_o the_o ram_n and_o their_o estate_n grow_v desperate_a carry_v the_o gold_n silver_n and_o other_o thing_n of_o most_o account_n into_o the_o king_n palace_n there_o be_v lade_v with_o wine_n and_o viand_n they_o burn_v both_o that_o the_o house_n and_o themselves_o withal_o thus_o that_o punishment_n which_o they_o fear_v from_o their_o enemy_n they_o willing_o inflict_v on_o self_n chap._n 21._o ambassador_n be_v send_v from_o lepâ—is_n to_o metellus_n a_o discourse_n of_o the_o philenian_a brethren_n but_o together_o with_o the_o take_n of_o thala_n ambassador_n from_o the_o town_n of_o leptis_n come_v to_o metellus_n request_v that_o he_o will_v send_v thither_o a_o garrison_n &_o governor_n that_o one_o himilear_n a_o noble_a man_n of_o a_o factious_a spirit_n do_v affect_v innovation_n against_o who_o neither_o the_o command_n of_o the_o magistrate_n nor_o the_o law_n be_v available_a if_o he_o do_v not_o speedy_o do_v it_o their_o own_o safety_n the_o ally_n of_o they_o will_v be_v much_o endanger_v for_o the_o leptitanes_n long_o since_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o jugurthine_n war_n have_v send_v to_o bestia_n the_o consul_n and_o afterward_o to_o rome_n to_o require_v friendship_n and_o alliance_n then_o have_v get_v a_o grant_n of_o this_o they_o always_o remain_v true_a &_o faithful_a and_o do_v perform_v with_o diligence_n all_o the_o command_n of_o bestia_n albinus_n and_o metellus_n therefore_o easy_o they_o obtain_v of_o the_o general_n whatsoever_o they_o request_v there_o be_v send_v thither_o four_o cohort_n of_o ligurian_o and_o c._n annius_n for_o governor_n that_o town_n be_v build_v by_o the_o sidonian_n who_o we_o have_v hear_v to_o come_v hither_o in_o ship_n fly_v from_o home_n because_o of_o 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be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n sidonian_a which_o they_o retain_v with_o the_o more_o facility_n because_o they_o live_v far_o from_o the_o king_n dominion_n for_o between_o they_o and_o the_o populous_a place_n of_o numidia_n there_o lay_v uncultive_v and_o waste_a ground_n but_o because_o we_o be_v arrive_v in_o these_o region_n by_o mean_a of_o the_o leptitan_n affair_n iâ—_n seem_v worth_a the_o relation_n to_o remember_v the_o brave_a and_o memorable_a exploit_n of_o two_o carthaginian_n the_o place_n intimate_v this_o unto_o us._n at_o what_o time_n the_o carthaginian_n rule_v over_o most_o of_o africa_n the_o cyrenian_o also_o be_v rich_a and_o powerful_a the_o frontier_n betwixt_o they_o be_v sandy_a and_o uniform_a there_o be_v neither_o mountain_n nor_o river_n to_o distinguish_v their_o border_n which_o cause_n keep_v they_o in_o a_o great_a and_o undiscontinued_a war_n after_o their_o army_n and_o fleet_n have_v be_v often_o beat_v and_o chase_v on_o both_o side_n and_o that_o they_o have_v much_o impair_v one_o another_o strength_n they_o fear_v that_o a_o three_o party_n will_v invade_v both_o the_o conqueror_n &_o conquer_a take_v truce_n they_o make_v a_o agreement_n that_o upon_o a_o day_n appoint_v their_o ambassador_n shall_v depart_v from_o their_o several_a home_n at_o what_o place_n they_o meet_v one_o another_o that_o shall_v be_v the_o common_a border_n of_o both_o nation_n upon_o this_o two_o brethren_n be_v send_v from_o carthage_n who_o name_n be_v the_o phileni_n make_v haste_n in_o their_o journey_n the_o cyrenian_o go_v more_o slow_o whether_o this_o happen_v by_o negligence_n or_o casualty_n i_o know_v nothing_o at_o all_o beside_o in_o those_o place_n a_o tempest_n not_o otherwise_o then_o in_o the_o sea_n restrain_v passage_n for_o when_o as_o the_o wind_n arise_v on_o plain_a ground_n and_o bare_a of_o tree_n have_v raise_v up_o the_o sand_n from_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v carry_v with_o great_a violence_n fill_v both_o the_o 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place_n the_o carthaginian_n consecrate_a altar_n to_o the_o philenian_a brethren_n and_o other_o honour_n be_v institute_v for_o they_o in_o their_o country_n now_o i_o return_v to_o my_o purpose_n chap._n 22._o jugurth_n draw_v the_o getulians_n to_o his_o party_n he_o sollicit_v king_n bocchus_n he_o be_v advertise_v of_o marius_n come_v ivgurth_n when_o after_o thala_n lose_v he_o think_v nothing_o strong_a enough_o to_o resist_v metellus_n travail_v with_o some_o few_o through_o vast_a desert_n he_o come_v to_o the_o getulians_n a_o fierce_a and_o savage_a kind_n of_o people_n and_o as_o then_o ignorant_a of_o the_o roman_a name_n he_o raise_v a_o multitude_n of_o they_o into_o one_o body_n and_o by_o degree_n do_v accustom_v they_o to_o keep_v their_o rank_n to_o follow_v their_o ensign_n to_o obey_v command_n and_o to_o perform_v other_o military_a duty_n beside_o he_o allure_v those_o who_o be_v near_a unto_o king_n bocchus_n by_o great_a gift_n and_o great_a promise_n to_o favour_v his_o cause_n with_o which_o assistant_n go_v to_o the_o king_n he_o do_v persuade_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v undertake_v war_n against_o the_o roman_n this_o by_o that_o advantage_n become_v more_o facile_a and_o feasable_a for_o that_o bocchus_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o war_n have_v send_v ambassador_n to_o rome_n to_o desire_v a_o league_n and_o friendship_n which_o thing_n be_v most_o opportune_a for_o the_o enterprise_n of_o the_o war_n some_o few_o hinder_v blind_v with_o covetousness_n by_o who_o all_o suit_n whether_o honest_a or_o dishonest_a be_v usual_o set_v to_o sale_n beside_o the_o daughter_n of_o bocchus_n be_v former_o marry_v to_o jugurth_n but_o that_o bond_n be_v mean_o regard_v by_o the_o moor_n and_o numidian_n because_o that_o each_o of_o they_o according_a to_o their_o wealth_n have_v every_o man_n sundry_a wife_n some_o 10._o other_o more_o but_o king_n more_o than_o so_o thus_o the_o mind_n be_v distract_v with_o the_o multitude_n none_o of_o 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