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XCV111 general literature department now at Chalcedon -It is the duty of son to reverence vereri his parents -He is unworthy of honour -No soldier wishes to be husbandman to no husbandman arms are dear -It is better to keep old friends than to make new ones -The general said Do not fear these elephants of Pyrrhus it is the duty of Roman to fight for his country 14 Translate into English Meliora speremus -Puella militia minis terretur -Rex multos annos regnavit -Domum ibimus -Turrium claves hostibus dat -Urbium moenia vi capient Urbe capta civium nobilissimos Occident -Pastor monetur imbres tenero pecori malo esse -Pater dicit filium suum carmina discere velle -Terra marique ibant -Aedes Athenis condita est I'rhem muro decern pedes alto circumdedit IV latin 2Un$feu CranSlatton antf Composition Translate Minime id quod erat suspicari poterat tantae rei frus- tratione Hannibalem elusum nt ubi dux ubi exercitus esset cum quo castra conlata haberet ignoraret Profecto baud mediocri clade absterritum insequi non ausum magnopere vereri ne perditis rebus serum ipse auxilium venisset R0- manisque eadem iam fortuna in Italia quae in Hispania sset intcrdum literas suas ad eum non pervenisse credere interceptisque iis consulem ad sese obprimendum adcele- rasse His anxius curis exstinctis ignibus vigilia prima dato signo ut taciti vasa conligerent signa ferri iussit In trepidatione et nocturno tuinultu duces ρ arum intente adser- vati alter in destinatis iam ante animo latebris subsedit alter per vada nota Metaurum flumen trannvit ita desertum ducibus agmen primo per agros palatur fessique aliquot sommo ac vigiliis sternunt corpora passim atque infrequentia relinquunt signa Hasdrubal dum lux viam ostenderet ripa fluminie signa ferri iubet et per tortuosi amnis sinus flexus- errorem volvens hand multum processit ubi prima lux