24. vénerat. We say 'came,' but the Latin by the use of the pluperfect denotes that this action preceded that of tráctábat.
55. 1. quás. See the note on quibus, 20, 1.
inter sé. Compare 21, 20.
5. fore, 'would happen.'
15. aliquod. Compare 42, 12, and the note.
16. id … erat, 'as was indeed the case.'
17. auxiliandí causá. See the note on 51, 23.
26. correptum coniécit, 'seized and threw.'
27. nón … submergerentur. See the note on 37, 7.
56. 4-6. These verses and those on p. 57 and p. 59 are quoted from Vergil's Aeneid.