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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 civil_a discord_n moreover_o it_o be_v seat_v betwixt_o the_o two_o syrtes_n who_o have_v their_o name_n impose_v from_o their_o nature_n for_o there_o be_v two_o gulf_n almost_o in_o the_o far_a part_n of_o africa_n of_o unlike_a bigness_n of_o like_a condition_n the_o part_n of_o which_o that_o be_v near_a to_o the_o shore_n be_v of_o a_o exceed_a depth_n the_o other_o be_v casual_o deep_a and_o at_o another_o season_n shoaly_a for_o as_o soon_o as_o the_o sea_n grow_v high_a and_o rage_v with_o the_o wind_n the_o wave_n draw_v in_o slime_n sand_n and_o mighty_a stone_n by_o this_o mean_v the_o condition_n of_o these_o place_n be_v alter_v with_o the_o wind_n they_o be_v call_v sirâ—es_n from_o their_o extent_n the_o language_n of_o this_o city_n be_v somewhat_o corrupt_v by_o marry_v with_o the_o numidian_n but_o their_o law_n and_o habit_n
of_o the_o gate_n the_o moor_n and_o getulians_n being_n sudden_o awake_v with_o the_o strange_a and_o hideous_a noise_n can_v neither_o fly_v nor_o take_v arm_n nor_o make_v nor_o provide_v any_o mean_n of_o resistance_n thus_o all_o of_o they_o with_o the_o clash_n and_o clamour_n no_o man_n come_v to_o their_o succour_n our_o man_n fall_v on_o with_o tumult_n terror_n and_o fear_n be_v like_o i_o suprize_v with_o a_o astonishment_n final_o all_o of_o they_o be_v rout_z and_z chased_z most_o of_o their_o arm_n and_o military_a ensign_n be_v take_v and_o more_o slay_v in_o that_o battle_n then_o in_o all_o the_o former_a for_o by_o sleep_n and_o the_o uncouth_a terror_n flight_n be_v hinder_v thereupon_o marius_n as_o he_o begin_v march_v towards_o his_o winter_n garrison_n which_o because_o of_o victual_n he_o resolve_v to_o have_v in_o the_o maritime_a town_n neither_o yet_o be_v he_o grow_v slothful_a or_o insolent_a with_o his_o victory_n but_o even_o as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v in_o the_o eye_n of_o his_o enemy_n he_o advance_v with_o his_o army_n march_v in_o square_a battalion_n sylla_n on_o the_o right_a side_n take_v charge_n with_o the_o horseman_n on_o the_o left_a a._n manlius_n with_o the_o darâ—â—â—s_n and_o slinger_n beside_o the_o ligurian_a cohort_n for_o frontier_n and_o bringer_n up_o he_o place_v the_o tribune_n with_o the_o lightarmed_n maniple_n the_o fugitive_n who_o know_v the_o country_n best_o discover_v the_o enemy_n journey_n withal_o the_o consul_n as_o if_o no_o man_n have_v be_v impose_v be_v provident_a for_o all_o thing_n he_o be_v present_a with_o all_o heâ—praysed_v he_o rebuke_v those_o that_o deserve_v he_o himself_o be_v arm_v and_o intentive_a beside_o inforce_v the_o soldier_n to_o their_o duty_n nor_o otherwise_o then_o if_o he_o have_v be_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o enemy_n do_v he_o dispose_v his_o march_n do_v he_o fortify_v the_o camp_n do_v he_o send_v the_o legionary_a cohort_n to_o watch_v at_o the_o gate_n the_o auxiliary_a horseman_n before_o the_o camp_n moreover_o he_o place_v other_o on_o the_o rampire_n of_o the_o work_n he_o himself_o roun_v the_o watch_n not_o so_o much_o from_o the_o distrust_n of_o the_o performance_n of_o 〈◊〉_d which_o he_o command_v as_o for_o that_o the_o general_n labour_n be_v make_v equal_a with_o the_o soldier_n they_o may_v become_v the_o more_o willing_a and_o very_o marius_n in_o that_o and_o other_o time_n of_o the_o jugurthine_n war_n enforce_v the_o army_n more_o with_o shame_n then_o punishment_n which_o many_o report_v to_o be_v do_v out_o of_o ambition_n because_o from_o his_o childhood_n he_o have_v account_v a_o customary_a hardness_n and_o other_o thing_n which_o other_o man_n call_v misery_n exercise_n of_o pleasure_n but_o yet_o the_o commonwealth_n as_o well_o as_o under_o the_o severe_a command_n be_v well_o and_o orderly_o govern_v moreover_o on_o the_o four_o day_n follow_v not_o far_o from_o the_o town_n of_o cirtha_n the_o skoute_n hasty_o show_v themselves_o by_o which_o sign_n the_o enemy_n be_v know_v to_o be_v near_o but_o because_o they_o retain_v diverse_o several_a man_n from_o several_a part_n &_o all_o of_o they_o signify_v the_o same_o the_o consul_n doubtful_a how_o to_o marshal_v his_o army_n the_o order_n of_o it_o be_v nothing_o alter_v he_o make_v a_o stand_n in_o the_o same_o place_n be_v provide_v against_o all_o event_n by_o this_o mean_v jugurths_n hope_n be_v frustrate_v who_o have_v distribute_v his_o army_n into_o four_o division_n think_v that_o some_o among_o they_o all_o will_v equal_o fall_v on_o the_o enemy_n back_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n sylla_n who_o the_o enemy_n first_o attach_v encourage_v his_o soldier_n in_o troop_n and_o with_o their_o horse_n in_o the_o close_a order_n both_o he_o and_o other_o invade_v the_o moor_n the_o rest_n keep_v their_o ground_n defend_v their_o body_n from_o the_o dart_n that_o be_v cast_v against_o they_o from_o the_o hand_n and_o if_o any_o fall_v in_o their_o power_n they_o kill_v they_o whilst_o the_o horseman_n fight_v after_o this_o manner_n bocchus_n with_o the_o footman_n which_o his_o son_n volux_n bring_v and_o be_v not_o in_o the_o former_a fight_n because_o they_o stay_v in_o their_o journey_n set_v upon_o the_o rearward_n of_o the_o roman_n then_o marius_n be_v among_o the_o frontier_n because_o jugurth_n be_v there_o with_o his_o great_a force_n then_o the_o numidian_a bocchus_n his_o come_v be_v know_v secret_o with_o some_o few_o wheel_v about_o to_o the_o footman_n there_o in_o latin_a for_o he_o have_v learned_a to_o speak_v it_o at_o numantia_n he_o cry_v our_o aloud_o that_o ouâ—_n man_n fight_v in_o vain_a that_o marius_n not_o long_o before_o be_v slay_v by_o his_o own_o hand_n show_v therewith_o all_o his_o sword_n imbrue_v with_o blood_n which_o in_o the_o fight_n he_o have_v bloody_v in_o kill_v a_o footman_n of_o ourâ—_n with_o great_a dexterity_n which_o report_n as_o soon_o as_o the_o soldier_n hear_v they_o be_v more_o terrify_v with_o the_o foulness_n of_o the_o fact_n then_o with_o the_o credit_n of_o the_o messenger_n tiding_n &_o therewithal_o the_o barbarian_n raise_v their_o spirit_n and_o fall_v on_o more_o fierce_o upon_o the_o amaze_a roman_n and_o now_o they_o be_v upon_o the_o point_n of_o fly_v when_o as_o sylla_n have_v discomfit_v those_o against_o who_o he_o go_v return_v by_o the_o flank_n charge_v the_o moor_n bocchus_n be_v forthwith_o put_v to_o flight_n but_o jugurth_n whilst_o he_o endeavour_n to_o relieve_v his_o own_o man_n and_o to_o retain_v the_o victory_n which_o be_v almost_o get_v be_v circumvent_v by_o the_o horseman_n on_o every_o side_n all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o retinue_n be_v slay_v he_o alone_o escape_v by_o flight_n among_o his_o enemy_n weapon_n and_o marius_n in_o the_o interspace_n have_v follow_v the_o chase_n of_o the_o horseman_n come_v to_o the_o succour_n of_o his_o soldier_n who_o he_o have_v hear_v to_o have_v be_v already_o put_v to_o the_o worst_a final_o the_o enemy_n be_v now_o rout_z in_o every_o place_n then_o a_o horrible_a spectacle_n be_v see_v in_o the_o open_a field_n they_o follow_v they_o fly_v they_o be_v slay_v they_o be_v take_v man_n and_o horse_n be_v overthrow_v together_o many_o have_v receive_v wound_n can_v neither_o fly_v nor_o take_v rest_n sometime_o they_o strive_v to_o rise_v and_o forhwith_o fall_v down_o last_o of_o all_o as_o far_o as_o the_o eye_n can_v discern_v all_o place_n be_v cover_v with_o weapon_n arm_n and_o carkeise_n and_o among_o they_o the_o earth_n be_v pollute_v with_o blood_n chap._n 26._o marius_n come_v to_o cirtha_n bocchus_n mediate_v for_o a_o treaty_n of_o peace_n l._n sylla_n and_o a._n manlius_n be_v send_v ambassador_n unto_o he_o from_o that_o place_n the_o consul_n be_v victorious_a without_o all_o peradventure_o come_v to_o the_o town_n of_o cirtha_n whither_o at_o first_o he_o intend_v his_o journey_n thither_o after_o the_o five_o day_n on_o which_o the_o barbarian_n have_v fight_v the_o second_o time_n with_o ill_a success_n ambassador_n from_o bocchus_n arrive_v who_o request_v of_o marius_n in_o the_o word_n of_o the_o king_n that_o he_o will_v send_v two_o of_o his_o faithful_a friend_n unto_o he_o that_o he_o will_v treat_v with_o they_o about_o thing_n commodious_a for_o himself_o and_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n he_o forthwith_o command_v l._n sylla_n &_o a._n manlius_n to_o go_v who_o although_o they_o go_v as_o man_n send_v for_o yet_o it_o be_v their_o pleasure_n to_o deliver_v some_o word_n to_o the_o king_n that_o so_o they_o may_v either_o alter_v his_o adverse_a disposition_n or_o be_v desirous_a of_o peace_n they_o may_v inflame_v he_o more_o vehement_o sylla_n to_o who_o eloquence_n not_o age_n manlius_n give_v place_n express_v himself_o in_o few_o word_n after_o this_o manner_n king_n bocchus_n we_o must_v rejoice_v since_o the_o god_n admonish_v thou_o be_v so_o great_a a_o person_n that_o at_o length_n thou_o shall_v 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 â—â—se_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 â—ugurths_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 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