82                    THE  WRITING  OF  NARRATIVE  LATIN

his men to stand firm and  to sustain the enemy's  charge.

5.  We request you, General, to do your best not to allow us to
be sent over the mountains. 6. The soldiers suddenly assembled
and raised a shout, demanding of Caesar that they be allowed ^
to march out of camp and return home. 7. Induced by scarcity
of provisions and by the vast number of the enemy around the
camp, Caesar had forbidden a sortie to be made, with this
design,^ that he might persuade the enemy to attack him inside
the walls. 8. I have just now issued orders ^ to the troops to
move forward. 9. Directions had been given ^ not to compel
the auxiliaries to make war upon their own neighbors. 10. I
am not yet induced to send out scouts to seek grain. 11. I am
not yet persuaded to send the captured army under the yoke.
12. I am at last persuaded to this,^ not to allow the soldiers to
return home. 13. Caesar exhorted his men to resist the enemy
bravely,  and himself  quickly led   an  attack  on  their   line.

14.   General, urge your men to do ^ their duty to the state.

15.  I do not urge you to retire, but I advise you. 16. I beg of
you to order your soldiers to come to me as quickly as possible.

I. iubeo. 2. impero: write this sentence again, using impero with
the first clause and iubeo with the second. 3. Make ' Labienus '
the subject of the principal clause and represent the name in the de¬
pendent clause by a pronoun. 4. Since the only verb thus far given
for allow is deponent, it is obvious that the clause must be shifted
to  the   active   form.     5.  Abl.   of  attendant   circumstance, 34, /.

6.   Translate ' issued orders ' and ^ directions had been given ' each
by a single verb. 7. Make ' this' the subject of the principal clause.
8.  praesto.

LESSON   XVIII

THE EXPRESSION OF RESULT

94. Result clauses express the result of an action in a formal
way, with the aid of certain special conjunctive phrases.    In