7.42.1Dum haec ad Gergoviam geruntur, Aeduī prīmīs nūntiīs ab Litaviccō acceptīs nūllum sibi ad cognōscendum spatium relinquunt.While these things are going on at Gergovia, the Aedui, on receiving the first reports from Litaviccus, leave themselves no time to find out the truth. 7.42.2Impellit aliōs avāritia, aliōs īrācundia et temeritās, quae maximē illī hominum generī est innāta, ut levem audītiōnem habeant prō rē compertā.Some are driven by greed, others by anger and rashness, which is especially inborn in that race of men, so that they take an idle rumour for an established fact.Note. levem audītiōnem habeant prō rē compertā: 'they take an idle rumour for an established fact'. The result clause (ut … habeant) depends on impellit. 7.42.3Bona cīvium Rōmānōrum dīripiunt, caedēs faciunt, in servitūtem abstrahunt.They plunder the property of Roman citizens, commit murders, and drag people off into slavery. 7.42.4Adiuvat rem prōclīnātam Convictolitāvis plēbemque ad furōrem impellit, ut facinore admissō ad sānitātem revertī pudeat.Convictolitavis helps along the tottering situation and drives the common people to frenzy, so that, once the crime has been committed, they may be ashamed to return to their senses.Note. ut … pudeat: impersonal pudet, 'so that they would be ashamed', with the reason left to be understood from facinore admissō. 7.42.5Mārcum Aristium, tribūnum mīlitum, iter ad legiōnem facientem fidē datā ex oppidō Cabillōnō ēdūcunt: idem facere cōgunt eōs, quī negōtiandī causā ibi cōnstiterant.Marcus Aristius, a military tribune, who was on the march to his legion, they lead out of the town of Cabillonum under a promise of safety; they force those who had settled there to trade to do the same.
7.42.6Hōs continuō (in) itinere adortī omnibus impedīmentīs exuunt;They attack these at once on the march and strip them of all their baggage;Note. The editors print (in) in brackets: the word was added by editors and is not in the manuscripts. 7.42.6repugnantēs diem noctemque obsident;when they resist, they besiege them day and night; 7.42.6multīs utrimque interfectīs maiōrem multitūdinem armātōrum concitant.after many had been killed on both sides, they stir up a greater number of armed men.