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Question 1

si adire non possit,

Answer 1

If he could not get there,

Question 2

monet ut tragulam cum epistola ad ammentum deligata intra munitionem castrorum abiciat.

Answer 2

Caesar advised him to throw a spear inside the fortification of the camp with the letter attached to the strap.

Question 3

in litteris scribit se cum legionibus profectum celeriter adfore;

Answer 3

He wrote in the letter that he would set out with his legions and be there quickly;

Question 4

hortatur ut pristinam virtutem retineat.

Answer 4

he encouraged him to maintain his former courage.

Question 5

Gallus periculum veritus,

Answer 5

The Gaul, fearing danger,

Question 6

ut erat praeceptum, tragulam mittit.

Answer 6

threw the spear as it had been ordered.

Question 7

haec casu ad turrim adhaesit

Answer 7

This by chance stuck to a tower

Question 8

neque ab nostris biduo animadversa

Answer 8

and, unnoticed by our men for two days,

Question 9

tertio die a quodam milite conspicitur,

Answer 9

was seen by a certain soldier on the third day;

Question 10

dempta ad Ciceronem defertur.

Answer 10

it was taken down and delivered to Cicero.

Question 11

ille perlectam in conventu militum recitat,

Answer 11

He read it through and recited it at the assembly of soldiers,

Question 12

maximaque omnes laetitia adficit.

Answer 12

and filled them all with the greatest joy.

Question 13

tum fumi incendiorum procul videbantur,

Answer 13

Then the smoke of fires was seen far off,

Question 14

quae res omnem dubitationem adventus legionum expulit.

Answer 14

an event which expelled all doubt about the arrival of the legions.