rest, in good 48 order, (with) hope still fresh,49 (with) courage fresh, even bearing the aspect of (men) firm and warlike, to what earthly 50 advantage to themselves had they gained 51 a bare field 52 of battle? Surely,53 in regions of such extent,54 there was more than an abundance 55 of ground for the lovers 56 of victories of this sort. XVII. ORIGINAL PASSAGE. I know, Quirites, that you account as an enemy to your order, whoever will not agree to the passing of these three ordinances proposed by your tribunes: and it may be that some, who have spoken against them, are in truth not greatly your well-wishers; so that it is no marvel, if your ill opinion of these should reach also to others, who appear to be treading in their steps. But I stand here before you as one, who has now for the seventh time been chosen by you one of the tribunes of the soldiers: six times have you tried me before, in peace and war; and, if ye had ever found me to be your enemy, it had been ill done in you to have tried me yet again the seventh time. But if you believe me to have sought your good in times past, even believe this same thing of me now, though I may speak that which, in the present disposition of your minds, you may not willingly hear.-ARNOLD, History of Rome, vol. ii. p. 48. lative, arose from the tendency to connect sentences by Relatives. See SCHMITZ'S Zumpt, § 807. 47 Receptus. 48 Rectus. 49 Abl. abs. 50 Tandem. 51 Nactos esse. Questions are often expressed in the oratio obliqua by the accusative with the infinitive. See SCHMITZ'S Zumpt, p. 425; ARNOLD's Latin Prose, § 58, c. 53 Scilicet. 54 In hâc magnitudine regionum. 52 Situs. 55 Satis superque superesse; the infinitive being used, because the oratio obliqua is still continued. 56 Amantes, with genitive. 4 SAME PASSAGE ADAPTED. I am conscious to myself, Quirites, that you hold as 1 an enemy to your order, whoever may refuse to vote for these three bills to be proposed by your tribunes: nor do I, indeed, deny, but that some out of those who have spoken against them,3 may not be most friendly to you; and there is no (reason) why we should wonder if their unpopularity should reach to others also treading, as it seems, in the same footsteps. But I am here, as (one) who, having been six times before tried 5 both in peace and war, am now elected by you the seventh time a tribune of the soldiers; whom, having at any time found an enemy in another case, you would have now tried 7 again with the greatest imprudence. But if, on the other hand, you should believe that I have hitherto consulted for you, believe that I myself am now before you the same man, although I may speak such things as, in 10 the present affection of your minds, it may little please you to hear. XVIII. ORIGINAL PASSAGE. Immediately after the conclusion of the peace, the French forces left Scotland, as much to their own satisfaction as to that of the nation. The Scots soon found that the calling to their assistance a people more powerful than themselves, was a dangerous expedient. They beheld with the utmost impatience those who had come to protect the kingdom, taking upon them to command it; and on many occasions they repented the rash invitation which 1 Pro. Alias. habere. 2 Inficias eo. 7 Periclitari. 10 Præ. 3 Reclamo. 4 Invidia. 8 Pessimo exemplo. 5 Spectatus. • Persuasum they had given. The peculiar genius of the French nation heightened this disgust, and prepared the Scots to throw off the yoke, before they had well begun to feel it. The French were, in that age, what they are at present-one of the most polished nations in Europe. But it is to be observed, in all their expeditions into foreign countries, whether towards the south or north, that their manners have been remarkably incompatible with the manners of every other people. Barbarians are tenacious of their own customs, because they want knowledge and taste to discover the reasonableness and propriety of customs which differ from them. Nations which hold the first rank in politeness, are frequently no less tenacious out of pride. The Greeks were so in the ancient world; and the French are the same in the modern. Full of themselves, flattered by the imitation of their neighbours, and accustomed to consider their own modes as the standards of elegance, they scorn to disguise or lay aside the distinguishing manners of their own nation, or to make any allowance for what may differ from them among others. SAME PASSAGE ADAPTED. At the same time peace (was) confirmed, and the Gauls departed1 from Caledonia, themselves being equally 2 willing as the citizens. For to the Caledonians it quickly appeared, that they had summoned to (their) aid a more powerful race, not without peril to themselves *; that it was altogether intolerable, that the same men who had been brought to defend the kingdom, should now claim the government itself; that there was ground 5 to repent that they had so rashly invited them.' The disposition 1 Discessum est a Gallis. • Adscisco. 5 Esse quod. 2 Perinde. 3 Ac. 4 Suus 8 ætherial dew, like a lamb's fleece, outshine the morning sky; but the same, as soon as a ruder wind, its modesty having been overpowered, had laid waste the too tender recesses of its charms, put-on darkness, and, declining & and fading, betrayed 9 signs of a sickly old age; then, its stalk being broken-off, bowed its head; and at length, at late eve, robbed of most its leaves, all its beauty, it fell.10 XVI. ORIGINAL PASSAGE. The emperor then inspected the field of battle; and never was there any that exhibited a more frightful spectacle. Everything concurred to increase the horrors of it a lowering sky, a cold rain, a violent wind, habitations in ashes, a plain absolutely torn up and covered with fragments and ruins; all round the horizon the dark and funereal verdure of the north, soldiers roaming in every part among the bodies of the slain, wounds of a most hideous description: noiseless bivouacs; no songs of triumph, no lively narrations; but a general and mournful silence. Around the eagles were the officers, and a few soldiers, barely sufficient to guard the colours; their clothes were torn by the violence of the wind, and stained with blood; yet notwithstanding all their rags, misery and destitution, they displayed a lofty carriage, and even, on the appearance of the emperor, received him with acclamations of triumph. These, however, seemed somewhat rare and forced for, in this army, which was at once capable of discrimination and enthusiasm, each individual could form a correct estimate of the position of the whole. The soldiers were annoyed to find so many of their enemies killed, such vast numbers wounded, and nevertheless so few prisoners. The latter did not amount, in all, to eight hundred. It was by the number of these that they estimated their success. The slain proved the courage of the conquered, rather than the victory. If the rest retired in good order, under little discouragement, and even with a firm and warlike attitude, what was the advantage of gaining a mere field of battle? In a country of such immense extent, there was ground to furnish these in endless succession.-Ireland Scholarship, 1857. 4 SAME PASSAGE ADAPTED. The emperor then goes to see the spot whereon1 the action was fought; and a spectacle meets (him) there,3 frightful beyond any. For all (things) seen on every side, increased the horror 5 of the scene. The sky (was) gloomy, the rain cold; the violence of the wind extreme: the roofs (had) fallen into ashes: the very surface of the plain (was) as-it-were harrowed up,10 and scattered with fragments and ruins. Around, as 11 far as the eye1 12 could reach, the fields, as is usual 13 in the realms of the North,14 looked dismal,15 with funereal verdure 16; on every side of the plain, soldiers (were) wandering hither and thither among the bodies of the slain; at the same time, wounds the most ghastly,17 horrible to describe 18: bivouacs 19 silent: no song anywhere of (men) 1 In quo pugnatum est. culum. 11 2 Verò. 3 Id, agreeing with specta 4 Teterrimum ita ut nullum aliud. 6 Res. 5 Immanitas. 10 Occæ 12 Oculorum acies. 13 Ut fit. 16 Fune 18 Dictu. 19 Sta 15 Lugubres adspectu. 17 Atrocissimus. |