Ammian.
[Entering from the right.] Sire, you commanded me to inform you should anything strange befall during our advance.
Julian.
Well? Has anything happened this morning?
Ammian.
Yes, sire, two portents.
Julian.
Quick, Ammian,—speak on!
Ammian.
First, sire, it happened that when we had gone a little way beyond the village of Zaita, a lion of monstrous size burst from a thicket and rushed straight at our soldiers, who killed it with many arrows.