Iug. 36.1Interim Albīnus renovātō bellō commeātum, stīpendium aliaque, quae mīlitibus ūsuī forent, mātūrat in Āfricam portāre;Meanwhile Albinus, the war having been renewed, hastened to carry supplies, pay and the other things that would be useful to the soldiers to Africa; Iug. 36.1ac statim ipse profectus, utī ante comitia, quod tempus haud longē aberat, armīs aut dēditiōne aut quōvīs modō bellum cōnficeret.and he himself set out at once, so that before the elections, a time not far off, he might finish the war by arms, by surrender or by any means at all. Iug. 36.2At contrā Iugurtha trahere omnia et aliās, deinde aliās morae causās facere;But Jugurtha, on the other hand, dragged everything out and invented one cause of delay after another; Iug. 36.2pollicērī dēditiōnem ac deinde metum simulāre;he promised surrender and then feigned fear; Iug. 36.2cēdere īnstantī et paulō post, nē suī diffīderent, īnstāre: ita bellī modo, modo pācis morā cōnsulem lūdificāre.he gave way when pressed and shortly afterwards, so that his men should not lose heart, pressed on: thus he mocked the consul with delays now of war, now of peace.
Iug. 36.3Ac fuēre quī tum Albīnum haud ignārum cōnsilī rēgis existumārent neque ex tantā properantiā tam facile trāctum bellum sōcordiā magis quam dolō crēderent.And there were some who thought at the time that Albinus was not ignorant of the king's design, and who did not believe that after such haste the war had been so easily dragged out through sloth rather than guile. Iug. 36.4Sed postquam dīlāpsō tempore comitiōrum diēs adventābat, Albīnus Aulō frātre in castrīs prō praetōre relictō Rōmam dēcessit.But after time had slipped away and the day of the elections drew near, Albinus left his brother Aulus in the camp as propraetor and departed for Rome.