Iug. 107.1At Sulla, quamquam eadem existumābat, tamen ab iniūriā Maurum prohibet.But Sulla, although he thought the same, nevertheless protects the Moor from harm. Iug. 107.1Suōs hortātur, utī fortem animum gererent: saepe anteā ā paucīs strēnuīs advorsum multitūdinem bene pugnātum;He urges his men to keep a brave spirit: often before, a few vigorous men had fought well against a multitude; Iug. 107.1quantō sibi in proeliō minus pepercissent, tantō tūtiōrēs fore;the less they spared themselves in battle, the safer they would be; Iug. 107.1nec quemquam decēre, quī manūs armāverit, ab inermis pedibus auxilium petere, in maxumō metū nūdum et caecum corpus ad hostīs vortere.nor 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. Iug. 107.2Dein Volucem, quoniam hostīlia faceret, Iovem maxumum obtestātus, ut sceleris atque perfidiae Bocchī testis adesset, ex castrīs abīre iubet.Then, 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. Iug. 107.3Ille lacrumāns ōrāre, nē ea crēderet: nihil dolō factum, ac magis calliditāte Iugurthae, quoi vidēlicet speculantī iter suom cognitum esset.He 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.
Iug. 107.4Cēterum quoniam neque ingentem multitūdinem habēret et spēs opēsque eius ex patre suō penderent, crēdere illum nihil palam ausūrum, quom ipse fīlius testis adesset.But 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. Iug. 107.5Quā rē optumum factū vidērī per media eius castra palam trānsīre;Therefore it seemed best to pass openly through the middle of his camp; Iug. 107.5sēsē vel praemissīs vel ibīdem relictīs Maurīs sōlum cum Sullā itūrum.he himself, sending the Moors ahead or leaving them where they were, would go alone with Sulla. Iug. 107.6Ea rēs, utī in tālī negōtiō, probāta;This plan, as was natural in such a situation, was approved; Iug. 107.6ac statim profectī, quia dē inprōvīsō acciderant, dubiō atque haesitante Iugurthā incolumēs trānseunt.and setting out at once, because they had come upon him unexpectedly, they pass through unharmed while Jugurtha doubted and hesitated. Iug. 107.7Deinde paucīs diēbus, quō īre intenderant, perventum est.Then in a few days they reached the place they had been making for.