1But Sulla, although he thought the same, nevertheless protects the Moor from harm. 1He urges his men to keep a brave spirit: often before, a few vigorous men had fought well against a multitude; 1the less they spared themselves in battle, the safer they would be; 1nor did it befit anyone who had armed his hands to seek help from his unarmed feet, and in the greatest fear to turn his body, bare and blind, towards the enemy. 2Then, calling on Jupiter the Greatest to be witness of Bocchus' crime and treachery, he orders Volux to leave the camp, since he was acting as an enemy. 3He in tears begged him not to believe it: nothing had been done by treachery, but rather by the cunning of Jugurtha, to whom, evidently, his route had become known through his scouting.
4But since Jugurtha did not have a great host, and his hopes and resources depended on Volux's father, he believed that he would dare nothing openly when the son himself was present as a witness. 5Therefore it seemed best to pass openly through the middle of his camp; 5he himself, sending the Moors ahead or leaving them where they were, would go alone with Sulla. 6This plan, as was natural in such a situation, was approved; 6and setting out at once, because they had come upon him unexpectedly, they pass through unharmed while Jugurtha doubted and hesitated. 7Then in a few days they reached the place they had been making for.