Agr. 34.1"Sī novae gentēs atque ignōta aciēs cōnstitisset, aliōrum exercituum exemplīs vōs hortārer: nunc vestra decora recēnsēte, vestrōs oculōs interrogāte.If new peoples and an unknown army stood against you, I would encourage you with the examples of other armies: as it is, count up your own distinctions, question your own eyes. Agr. 34.1Hī sunt, quōs proximō annō ūnam legiōnem fūrtō noctis adgressōs clamōre dēbellāstis;These are the men who last year attacked a single legion by stealth at night, and whom you defeated with a shout; Agr. 34.1hī cēterōrum Britannōrum fugācissimī ideōque tam diū superstitēs.these are the readiest to run of all the Britons, and that is why they have survived so long. Agr. 34.1" "quō modō silvās saltūsque penetrantibus fortissimum quodque animal contrā ruere, pavida et inertia ipsō agminis sonō pellēbantur, sīc ācerrimī Britannōrum iam prīdem cecidērunt, reliquus est numerus ignāvōrum et metuentium.Just as, when men penetrate forests and glades, all the bravest animals rush against them, while the timid and sluggish are driven off by the mere sound of the column, so the fiercest of the Britons have long since fallen, and what remains is a crowd of cowards and the fearful.
Agr. 34.2" "quōs quod tandem invēnistis, nōn restitērunt, sed dēprehēnsī sunt;If you have at last found them, it is not that they have made a stand, but that they have been caught; Agr. 34.3novissimae rēs et extrēmus metus corpora dēfīxēre in hīs vestīgiīs, in quibus pulchram et spectābilem victōriam ēderētis.their desperate plight and extreme fear have rooted their bodies to this spot, on which you may win a fine and spectacular victory. Agr. 34.3" "trānsigite cum expedītiōnibus, impōnite quīnquāgintā annīs magnum diem, adprobāte reī pūblicae numquam exercituī imputārī potuisse aut morās bellī aut causās rebellandī."Have done with campaigns, crown fifty years with one great day, prove to the state that neither the delays of the war nor the causes of rebellion could ever be blamed on the army.'