De Bello Gallico 1.19

1.19.1Quibus rēbus cognitīs, cum ad hās suspīciōnēs certissimae rēs accēderent, quod per fīnēs Sēquanōrum Helvētiōs trādūxisset, quod obsidēs inter eōs dandōs cūrāsset, quod ea omnia nōn modo iniussū suō et cīvitātis sed etiam īnscientibus ipsīs fēcisset, quod ā magistrātū Haeduōrum accūsārētur, satis esse causae arbitrābātur quārē in eum aut ipse animadverteret aut cīvitātem animadvertere iubēret.

When he learned these things, since the most certain facts were added to these suspicions, that he had led the Helvetii through the territory of the Sequani, that he had arranged for hostages to be exchanged between them, that he had done all this not only without orders from Caesar and his own state but even without their knowledge, and that he was accused by the magistrate of the Haedui, Caesar thought there was reason enough either to punish him himself or to order the state to do so.

1.19.2Hīs omnibus rēbus ūnum repugnābat, quod Dīviciācī frātris summum in populum Rōmānum studium, summam in sē voluntātem, ēgregiam fidem, iūstitiam, temperantiam cognōverat;

Against all this stood one thing: he knew the great devotion of his brother Diviciacus to the Roman people, his great goodwill toward himself, his outstanding loyalty, fairness and self-control;

1.19.2nam nē eius suppliciō Dīviciācī animum offenderet verēbātur.

for he was afraid of offending Diviciacus by punishing his brother.

1.19.3Itaque prius quam quicquam cōnārētur, Dīviciācum ad sē vocārī iubet et, cōtīdiānīs interpretibus remōtīs, per C. Valerium Troucillum, prīncipem Galliae prōvinciae, familiārem suum, cui summam omnium rērum fidem habēbat, cum eō conloquitur;

So before attempting anything he has Diviciacus called to him and, sending away the usual interpreters, talks with him through Gaius Valerius Troucillus, a leading man of the Province of Gaul and his friend, in whom he had complete confidence in everything;

Note. prius quam … cōnārētur: 'before he attempted', with the subjunctive because the action had not yet happened.

1.19.4simul commonefacit quae ipsō praesente in conciliō Gallōrum dē Dumnorīge sint dicta, et ostendit quae sēparātim quisque dē eō apud sē dīxerit.

at the same time he reminds him of what was said about Dumnorix in the council of the Gauls in his own presence, and shows him what each man had said to him privately.

1.19.5Petit atque hortātur ut sine eius offēnsiōne animī vel ipse dē eō causā cognitā statuat vel cīvitātem statuere iubeat.

He asks and urges that, without offence to Diviciacus' feelings, he may either hear the case and decide about Dumnorix himself, or order the state to decide.