Germ. 3.1Fuisse et apud eōs Herculem memorant, prīmumque omnium virōrum fortium itūrī in proelia canunt.They record that Hercules too was among them, and when about to go into battle they sing of him as the first of all brave men. Germ. 3.1Sunt illīs haec quoque carmina quōrum relātū, quem baritum vocant, accendunt animōs futūraeque pugnae fortūnam ipsō cantū augurantur;They also have songs of the kind by whose recital, which they call 'baritus', they kindle their courage, and from the chant itself they foretell the fortune of the coming fight; Germ. 3.1terrent enim trepidantve, prōut sonuit aciēs, nec tam vōcis ille quam virtūtis concentus vidētur.for they inspire terror or tremble themselves according to how the battle line has sounded, and it seems not so much a harmony of voices as of valour. Germ. 3.2Adfectātur praecipuē asperitās sonī et frāctum murmur, obiectīs ad ōs scūtīs, quō plēnior et gravior vōx repercussū intumēscat.They aim above all at a harshness of sound and a broken roar, holding their shields up to their mouths, so that the voice may swell fuller and deeper by the echo.
Germ. 3.3Cēterum et Ulixēn quīdam opīnantur longō illō et fābulōsō errōre in hunc Oceanum dēlātum adīsse Germāniae terrās, Asciburgiumque, quod in rīpā Rhēnī situm hodiēque incolitur, ab illō cōnstitūtum nōminātumque;Moreover, some suppose that Ulysses too, in his long and legendary wandering, was carried into this Ocean and reached the lands of Germany, and that Asciburgium, which lies on the bank of the Rhine and is inhabited to this day, was founded and named by him; Germ. 3.3āram quīn etiam Ulixī cōnsecrātam, adiectō Lāertae patris nōmine, eōdem locō ōlim repertam, monumentaque et tumulōs quōsdam Graecīs litterīs īnscrīptōs in cōnfīniō Germāniae Raetiaeque adhūc extāre.indeed, that an altar dedicated to Ulysses, with the name of his father Laertes added, was once found in the same place, and that certain monuments and mounds inscribed with Greek letters still survive on the border of Germany and Raetia. Germ. 3.4Quae neque cōnfirmāre argūmentīs neque refellere in animō est: ex ingeniō suō quisque dēmat vel addat fidem.These things I have no intention either of confirming with arguments or of refuting: let each person take away or add belief according to his own disposition.