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remōvī. Hāc Laribus^[1] cōnsecrātā et sacrīs factīs, eum togā virīlī vestīvī. Interim plūres amīcī cum multitūdine optimōrum cīvium et honestōrum clientium pervēnerant quī^[2] Pūblium domō in forum dēdūcerent. Ibi in civitātem receptus est et nōmen, Pūblius Cornēlius Lentulus, apud cīvīs Rōmānōs ascrīptum est. Omnēs eī amīcissimī fuērunt et magna^[3] dē eō praedīcunt. Sapientior enim aequālibus^[4] est et magnum īngenium habet. Cūrā ut valeās.^[5]”

LXIX. PUBLIUS JOINS CAESAR'S ARMY IN GAUL

Pūblius iam adulēscēns postquam togam virīlem sūmpsit, aliīs rēbus studēre incēpit et praesertim ūsū^[6] armōrum sē^[7] dīligenter exercuit. Magis magisque amāvit illās artīs quae mīlitārem animum dēlectant. Iamque erant quī eī cursum mīlitārem praedīcerent.^[8] Nec sine causā, quod certē patris īnsigne exemplum ita^[9] multum trahēbat. "Paucīs ante annīs^[10] C. lūlius Caesar, ducum Rōmānōrum maximus, cōnsul creātus erat et hōc tempore in Galliā bellum grave gerēbat. Atque in exercitū eius plūrēs adulēscentēs mīlitābant, apud quōs erat amīcus quīdam Pūblī. Ille Pūblium crēbris litterīs vehementer hortābātur ut^[11] iter in Galliam faceret. Neque Pūblius rēcūsāvit, et, multīs amīcīs ad portam urbis prōsequentibus, ad Caesaris castra profectus est. Quārtō diē postquam iter ingressus est, ad Alpīs, montīs altissimōs, pervēnit. Hīs summā difficultāte superātis, tandem Gallōrum in finibus erat. Prīmō autem veritus est ut^[12] castrīs Rōmānīs adpropinquāre posset, quod Gallī, maximīs cōpiīs coāctīs, Rōmānōs obsidēbant et viās omnīs iam clauserant. Hīs rēbus commōtus Pūblius vestem Gallicam induit nē ā Gallīs caperētur, et ita per hostium cōpiās incolumis ad castra

1. The Lares were the spirits of the ancestors, and were worshiped as household gods. All that the house contained was confided to their care, and sacrifices were made to them daily.
2. quī … dēdūcerent, § 350.
3. magna, great things a neuter adj. used as a noun.
4. aequālibus, § 501. 34.
5. Cūrā ut valeās, take good care of your health. How does the Latin express this idea?
6. Abl. of means.
7. sē, reflexive object of exercuit.
8. quī … praedicerent, §501.45.
9. ita multum trahēbat, had a great influence in that direction.
10. Paucīs ante annīs, a few yean before: in Latin, before by a few years, ante being an adverb and annīs abl. of degree of difference.
11. ut … faceret, f 501. 41.
12. ut, how translated here? Sec § 501. 43.