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Question 1

has ille in iaculo inligatas effert

Answer 1

He [i.e. the slave] took this [letter] tied to a javelin

Question 2

et Gallus inter Gallos

Answer 2

and, as a Gaul among Gauls,

Question 3

sine ulla suspicione versatus

Answer 3

having come and gone frequently without any suspicion,

Question 4

ad Caesarem pervenit.

Answer 4

reached Caesar.

Question 5

ab eo de periculis Ciceronis legionisque cognoscitur.

Answer 5

From him news about the dangers to Cicero and the legion was learnt.

Question 6

venit magnis itineribus in Nerviorum fines.

Answer 6

He [= Caesar] came by forced marches into the territory of the Nervii.

Question 7

ibi ex captivis cognoscit quae apud Ciceronem gerantur,

Answer 7

There he learnt from prisoners what was happening in Cicero’s camp,

Question 8

quantoque in periculo res sit.

Answer 8

and in what great danger the situation was.

Question 9

tum cuidam ex equitibus Gallis magnis praemiis persuadet

Answer 9

Then he persuaded one of the Gallic cavalry with great rewards

Question 10

uti ad Ciceronem epistolam deferat.

Answer 10

to deliver a letter to Cicero.

Question 11

hanc Graecis conscriptam litteris mittit,

Answer 11

He sent this written in Greek letters,

Question 12

ne intercepta epistola nostra ab hostibus consilia cognoscantur.

Answer 12

so that, if the letter were intercepted, our plans would not be discovered by the enemy.