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his constitutis rebus, nactus idoneam ad navigandum tempestatem III.
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These matters being arranged, finding the weather favorable for his voyage, he set sail about the third watch
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fere vigilia solvit equitesque in ulteriorem portum progredi et naves conscendere et se sequi iussit.
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and ordered the horse to march forward to the further port, and there embark and follow him.
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a quibus cum paulo tardius esset administratum, ipse hora diei circiter IIII.
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As this was performed rather tardily by them, he himself reached Britain with the first squadron of ships, about the fourth hour of the day,
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cum primis navibus Britanniam attigit atque ibi in omnibus collibus expositas hostium copias armatas conspexit.
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and there saw the forces of the enemy drawn up in arms on all the hills.
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cuius loci haec erat natura atque ita montibus angustis mare continebatur, uti ex locis superioribus in litus telgum adigi posset.
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The nature of the place was this: the sea was confined by mountains so close to it that a dart could be thrown from their summit upon the shore.
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hunc ad egrediendum nequaquam idoneum locum arbitratus, dum reliquae naves eo convenirent ad horam nonam in ancoris expectavit.
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Considering this by no means a fit place for disembarking, he remained at anchor till the ninth hour, for the other ships to arrive there.
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Interim legatis tribunisque militum convocatis et quae ex voluseno cognovisset et quae fieri vellet ostendit monuitque, ut rei militaris ratio, maximeque ut maritimae res postularent, ut, cum celerem atque instabilem motum haberent, ad nutum et ad tempus omnes res ab iis administrarentur.
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Having in the mean time assembled the lieutenants and military tribunes, he told them both what he had learned from Volusenus, and what he wished to be done; and enjoined them (as the principle of military matters, and especially as maritime affairs, which have a precipitate and uncertain action, required) that all things should be performed by them at a nod and at the instant.
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