4.2.1Mercātōribus est aditus magis eō ut quae bellō cēperint quibus vēndant habeant, quam quō ūllam rem ad sē importārī dēsīderent.Traders have access to them more so that they may have people to whom they can sell what they have taken in war than because they want any goods to be brought in to them.Note. magis eō ut … quam quō: 'more for this purpose, that … than because'. quibus vendant: relative clause of purpose, 'people to whom to sell'. 4.2.2Quīn etiam iūmentīs, quibus maximē Gallī dēlectantur quaeque impēnsō parant pretiō, Germānī importātīs nōn ūtuntur, sed quae sunt apud eōs nāta, parva atque dēfōrmia, haec cōtīdiānā exercitātiōne summī ut sint labōris efficiunt.Indeed, the Germans do not even use imported draught horses, in which the Gauls take very great delight and which they buy at a high price; instead, the horses born among them, small and ugly, they make capable of the greatest labor by daily exercise.Note. summī ut sint labōris: genitive of description, 'that they are (capable) of the greatest labor'; ut is placed late in its clause. 4.2.3Equestribus proeliīs saepe ex equīs dēsiliunt ac pedibus proeliantur, equōs eōdem remanēre vestīgiō adsuēfēcērunt, ad quōs sē celeriter, cum ūsus est, recipiunt: neque eōrum mōribus turpius quicquam aut inertius habētur quam ephippiīs utī.In cavalry battles they often leap down from their horses and fight on foot, and they have trained the horses to stay on the same spot, and they retreat to them quickly when there is need; and by their customs nothing is thought more shameful or more unmanly than to use saddles.
4.2.5Itaque ad quemvīs numerum ephippiātōrum equitum quamvīs paucī adīre audent.And so, however few they are, they dare to attack any number of horsemen riding on saddles.Note. quamvīs paucī: 'however few'. quamvīs here is an adverb modifying paucī, not a concessive conjunction. 4.2.6Vīnum omnīnō ad sē importārī nōn patiuntur, quod eā rē ad labōrem ferendum remollēscere hominēs atque effēminārī arbitrantur.They do not allow wine to be brought in to them at all, because they think that men are made soft by it and unmanned for enduring hardship.