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and_o feel_v the_o enemy_n stand_v stiff_a before_o they_o such_o be_v their_o practice_n and_o exercise_v in_o continual_a work_n that_o they_o never_o faint_v under_o any_o such_o task_n but_o the_o victory_n go_v always_o clear_a on_o their_o side_n but_o if_o the_o enemy_n give_v way_n to_o their_o violence_n and_o come_v not_o in_o but_o for_o advantage_n and_o then_o as_o speedy_o retire_v before_o the_o counterbuff_n be_v well_o discharge_v then_o do_v their_o nimbleness_n much_o help_v their_o weakness_n and_o frustrate_v the_o great_a part_n of_o the_o roman_a discipline_n this_o be_v also_o prove_v in_o the_o overthrow_n of_o sabinus_n and_o cotta_n where_o ambiorix_n find_v the_o inconvenience_n of_o buckle_v at_o handy-blowe_n command_v his_o man_n to_o fight_v a_o far_o off_o and_o if_o they_o be_v assault_v to_o give_v back_o and_o come_v on_o again_o as_o they_o see_v occasion_n which_o so_o weary_v out_o the_o roman_n that_o they_o all_o fall_v under_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o gall_n let_v this_o suffice_v therefore_o to_o show_v how_o unapt_a the_o roman_n be_v to_o fly_v upon_o any_o occasion_n when_o their_o armour_n be_v such_o that_o it_o keep_v they_o from_o all_o start_a motion_n and_o make_v they_o suitable_a to_o the_o stay_a and_o well_o assure_v rule_n of_o their_o discipline_n which_o be_v as_o certain_a principle_n in_o the_o execution_n of_o a_o stand_a battle_n and_o therefore_o not_o so_o fit_a either_o for_o a_o pursuit_n or_o a_o flight_n concern_v the_o unequal_a combat_n between_o a_o horseman_n and_o a_o footman_n it_o may_v be_v think_v strange_a that_o a_o footman_n shall_v have_v such_o a_o advantage_n against_o a_o horseman_n be_v overmatch_v at_o least_o with_o a_o sextuple_a proportion_n both_o of_o strength_n and_o agility_n but_o we_o must_v understand_v that_o as_o the_o horse_n be_v much_o swift_a in_o a_o long_a career_n so_o in_o speedy_a and_o nimble_a turn_n at_o hand_n wherein_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o 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his_o timorousness_n fly_v always_o to_o extremity_n make_v he_o rash_a in_o consultation_n peremptory_a in_o opinion_n and_o base_a in_o case_n of_o peril_n all_o which_o be_v enemy_n to_o good_a direction_n and_o the_o only_a instrument_n of_o mischieving_a fortune_n chap._n xvi_o ambiorix_n haste_v to_o besiege_v cicero_n and_o stir_v up_o the_o aduatici_n the_o nervii_n and_o so_o raise_v a_o great_a power_n ambiorix_n take_v such_o spirit_n unto_o he_o upon_o this_o victory_n caesar_n that_o with_o his_o horseman_n he_o go_v immediate_o unto_o the_o aduatici_n be_v the_o next_o borderer_n upon_o his_o kingdom_n without_o intermission_n of_o night_n or_o day_n command_v his_o footman_n to_o follow_v he_o the_o aduatici_n upon_o his_o open_v the_o matter_n be_v stir_v up_o to_o commotion_n the_o next_o day_n after_o he_o come_v to_o the_o nervii_n exhort_v they_o not_o to_o let_v slip_v this_o occasion_n of_o recover_v to_o themselves_o perpetual_a liberty_n and_o revenge_v they_o 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work_n for_o many_o hand_n but_o to_o put_v it_o off_o again_o and_o to_o quit_v it_o without_o prejudice_n of_o other_o important_a respect_n be_v no_o small_a labour_n caesar_n be_v engage_v in_o the_o siege_n of_o gergovia_n and_o fear_v a_o general_a revolt_n throughout_o all_o gallia_n be_v not_o a_o little_a trouble_v how_o he_o may_v clear_v himself_o of_o that_o business_n without_o suspicion_n of_o fear_n or_o flight_n and_o gather_v all_o his_o force_n into_o one_o body_n again_o which_o he_o have_v before_o divide_v into_o two_o army_n livy_n for_o as_o marcellus_n say_v to_o fabius_n touch_v the_o siege_n of_o casselium_n multa_fw-la magnis_fw-la ducibus_fw-la sicut_fw-la non_fw-la aggredâ—enda_fw-la ita_fw-la semel_fw-la aggressis_fw-la non_fw-la dimittenda_fw-la esse_fw-la quia_fw-la magna_fw-la famae_fw-la momenta_fw-la in_o utramque_fw-la partem_fw-la fiunt_fw-la many_o thing_n as_o they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v attempt_v by_o great_a captain_n so_o when_o they_o be_v 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