36.
Much troubled by these events, Q. Titurius, when he had
perceived Ambiorix in the distance encouraging his men, sends to
him his interpreter, Cn. Pompey, to beg that he would spare him and
his soldiers. He, when addressed, replied, "If he wishes to confer with him, it
was permitted; that he hoped what pertained to the safety of the soldiers could
be obtained from the people; that to him however certainly no injury would be
done, and that he pledged his faith to that effect." He consults with Cotta, who had been wounded, whether it would appear
right to retire from battle, and confer with Ambiorix; [saying]
that he hoped to be able to succeed respecting his own and the soldiers' safety.
Cotta says he will not go to an armed enemy, and in
that perseveres.
C. Julius Caesar. Caesar's Gallic War. Translator. W. A. McDevitte. Translator. W. S. Bohn. 1st Edition. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1869. Harper's New Classical Library.
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