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FIRST LATIN READER

176

consilio cognito,

gam

ut studium con-

legatis praecepit,

vehementer

simulent, ceteros adeant, bene polliceantur, dentque operam uti eos quam maxime manifestos habeant. iurationis

LESSON

136

envoys, pretending that it would be difficult to persuade their to revolt unless the matter were put into writing, easily secured thus from the conspirators evidence sufficient to convict nine

The

countrymen

of the ringleaders, five of

whom

were promptly executed in the public

Shortly afterward, in the north country, the army of Catiline note at the head of Lesson 134) was brought to bay by the the (see government forces, and he chose to try conclusions with a division prison.

which on the day of battle was under the command of a veteran

named 5

officer

Petreius.

Sed

omnibus rebus

exploratis, Petreius tuba

signum idem facit hostium exercitus. Postquam eo ventum est, unde [a] ferentarils committl posset, maximo clamore cum Infestis proelium Veconcurrunt pila omittunt, gladiis res geritur. signls ubi,

dat, cohortis paulatim incedere iubet

1.

praecepit

praecipit)

(for

i.e.

use the pluperfect. incedere

suas.

imperat (praecipio, 3, -cepi, studium cf. p. 175,!. 8. -ceptus). 2. i.e. the other conceteros

i.e.

spirators in Rome. //kz/. 3. uti:

where

the note on p. 44, festos: manifestus,

1.

n.

-a,

cf.

mani-

-um, obvi-

freely.

tuba

inspected.

on

6.

p.

dat

exploratis

tuba,

See the second

trumpet. tion

now.

sed:

-ae,

F.,

illustra-

if

rils

eo

rendered as a past,

.

(lit.

.

cohortis

.

sc.

incedo, 3, -cessi,

hostium

advance.

and

his followers,

unde

whence).

ferentarii,

to

a point ferenta-

-orum, M., light-

armed

troops {e.g. slingers the top illustration on p. 140). use 9. omittunt: make no

cf.

of-,

omit (omitto, 3, -misl, -missus). Contrast the regular procedure for lit.

beginning res

60.

est,

Catiline 7.

maxime:

ously guilty^ translate the phrase 5.

-cessum

i.e.

battle,

p.

the fighting.

161,

1.

9

veteran!

of the government army.