144 REMARKS ON FOUR EXTRACTS 
litteris Greecis confecte, et ad Ceesarem perlate; 
quibus in tabulis nominatim ratio confecta erat, 
qui numerus domo exisset eorum, qui arma ferre 
possent; et item separatim pueri, senes mulieres- 
que. 
TRANSLATION. 
“A roll (rather, tablet) was found in the 
Helvetian camp, written in Greek characters, 
and brought to Cesar. It contained a list of all, 
who had set out on this expedition capable of 
bearing arms; likewise of the children, women 
and old men.” 
SECOND Extract: Lib. v. 48. 
Ibi ex captivis (Cesar) cognoscit, que apud 
Ciceronem gerantur, quantoque in periculo res 
sit. Tum cuidam ex equitibus Gallis magnis 
premiis persuadet, uti ad Czsarem epistolam 
deferat. Hane Grecis conscriptain litteris mit- 
tit; ne, intercepta epistola, nostra ab hostibus 
consilia cognoscantur. 
TRANSLATION. 
“There Cesar learnt from some prisoners the 
