2. What was I to do, said he, what to say? Who would care to blame me because I refused to listen to such abandoned men?

     Quid agerem, inquit, quid dicerem? Quis me culpare vellet quia nolui tam improbos viros audire?

5. In return then for such acts of kindness, I would have you not only feel but also show your gratitude.

     Deinde pro talibus beneficiis, velim te gratias non solum sentire sed etiam agere.

6. I could have wished that you had sent me the best soldiers that you had with you.      Vellem te ad me optimos militum misisse quos tecum habuisti.

7. The soldiers stood (imperf.) drawn up in line, eager for the fight, with eyes fixed on the foe, clamouring for the signal.

     Stabant milites, agmine instructi, pugnae cupidi, oculis in hostem defixis, signum flagitantes.

8. I have consulted, as I ought to have done, your (pl.) interests rather than my own; may you not ever impute this to me as a fault!

     Vobis potius quam mihi consului, ut debui, quod mihi culpae utinam ne detis!