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Lesson 94
A Prize Won and Lost
1912
 93. Colonization in Africa 95. A Prize Won and Lost (Continued) 
LESSON 94
A Prize Won and Lost

Ōlim, cum nāvis longa Americāna per mare Mediterraneum nāvigāret, nautae procul vēlum vīdērunt; quō vīsō, praefectus, liburnicās pīrātārum haud procul abesse ratus, suōs summā celeritate īnsequī iussit. Dum autem vēlīs rēmīsque contendunt, subitō nāvis in saxīs abscondītīs adhaesit, neque ūllō modō detrūdī poterat. Quō cāsū secundum lītus nūntiātō, pīrātae oppugnandī causā undique convēnērunt, et Americānī, etsī, ut nāvem levārent, in mare iēcerant omnia, postrēmō sē dēdere coāctī sunt.

Quā victōriā partā, rēx pīrātārum, veritus nē aliae nāvēs longae oppidum suum oppugnārent, Americānōs miserōs mūnitiōnes fīrmāre coēgit, cum interim ā pīrātīs captīvī tantā dlligentiā custōdiēbantur, ut, quamquam diēs noctēsque dē fūga cōgitābant, rem numquam perficere possent.

Eīs nautīs, quī noctū quoque labōrāre volēbant, pecūniam dedit rēx, cum opera sua vellet quam mātūrrimē perficī; illī autem pecūniam acceptam statim prōfūdērunt, et ēbriī per oppidum vagantēs iniūriās oppidānīs saepe intūlerunt. Tum mirīs modīs poenās dedisse dīcuntur hominis enim supīnī sola pedum verberābantur, idque saepe tam vehementer ut sanguis exīret. Interdum autem, pecūniā līctōribus datā, storeīs interpositīs nautae verberābantur, cum interim lēgātus huic reī praepositus (quī tamen extrā forēs carceris morārī solēbat) ex clāmōribus iūdicābat hominēs cruciātūs patī maximōs.

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