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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.