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charging and turning frequently to either side, and when they saw the space between narrowed, then they were to order the archers accompanying them to shoot a volley of arrows at the horses, not at the riders, to let loose the reins completely against the Latins, partly so that with the horses being struck, the great impetus of the Celts would be checked and they might not easily charge against the Romans, and partly, which was more important, so that Christians might not be killed. Eagerly, therefore, they carried out the imperial command and throwing open the gates and at one time slackening the reins against them, and at another pulling their horses back, they killed many, but few of them were wounded on this day. 10.9.8 So much for them. But my lord the Caesar, taking, as was said, the experts in archery, stood on the towers shooting at the barbarians. And they all had bows that were accurate and sure-shot; for they were all young men no less than the Homeric Teucer in archery experience. But the bow of the Caesar was truly the very bow of Apollo. For not like those Homeric Greeks did he draw the string to his breast and the iron to the bow, displaying a hunter's skill like them, but like a Heracles from immortal bows he sent forth deadly arrows and whatever he aimed at, he would hit, if only he wished. For at other times, whenever the moment for contest and battle was at hand, whatever target he set himself, he immediately shot not missing the mark, and whatever part he shot at, he always wounded that very part immediately. Thus he drew a strong bow and shot a most sharp arrow, and in archery appearing superior even to Teucer himself and the Ajaxes. But although he was such, fearing the sacredness of this day and having the emperor's order in his heart, he drew his bow seeing them rashly and senselessly approaching the walls and fencing themselves with shields and helmets, and he placed the arrow on the string, but nevertheless, wishing to miss, he shot, sending it sometimes short, and sometimes overshooting. 10.9.9 And though he shrank from shooting accurately at the Latins because of the present day, yet since a certain rash and shameless Latin was not only shooting volleys of arrows at those standing above, but also seemed to be shouting many insults in his own dialect, the Caesar drew his bow against him. From his hand the arrow did not fly in vain, but pierced the shield, and cutting through the scaled cuirass with it, transfixed the arm to the side with the arrow. And he immediately lay speechless on the ground, as the poet says, and a shout reached heaven, from those exulting in the Caesar, and those lamenting over the fallen man. So again, with the horsemen fighting fiercely from there and those standing on the walls, a heavy and terrible war was fanned into flame from both sides. And the emperor, attacking again with his own forces, urged the phalanxes of the Latins to flight. 10.9.10 On the day after, Ubus went and advised Godfrey to yield to the emperor's will, unless he wanted to get a second experience of his military skill, and to swear to keep pure faith with him. But he blamed him greatly, saying: "You, having come out of your own country as a king with so much wealth and army, have now from such a height brought yourself down to the rank of a slave. Then, as if you have accomplished something great, have you come to give me such advice?" And he said: "We should have remained in our own countries and kept away from those of others; but since we have come this far in need of the emperor's care, if we do not obey his words, things will not turn out well for us." But as he sent Ubus away empty-handed from there, the emperor, being informed that those coming up behind were also approaching

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βάλλοντας καὶ ἐφ' ἑκάτερα πυκνὰ περιστρεφομένους, ἐπὰν δὲ τὸ μεσαίχμιον ἀποστενωθὲν θεάσοιντο, τηνικαῦτα τοῖς συνεφεπομένοις αὐτοῖς τοξόταις παρακελευσαμένους πυκνοὺς ἐκπέμψαι τοὺς ὀϊστοὺς κατὰ τῶν ἵππων, οὐ τῶν ἐποχουμένων, ὅλας ἡνίας κατὰ τῶν Λατίνων λῦσαι, τὸ μὲν ἵνα τῶν ἵππων πληττομένων ἀπο παύηται τὸ πολὺ τῆς ὁρμῆς τῶν Κελτῶν καὶ μὴ ῥᾳδίως κατὰ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἱππάζωνται, τὸ δέ τι, ὃ καὶ μᾶλλον, ἵνα μὴ χριστιανοὶ κτείνωνται. Ἐκθύμως τοίνυν τὸ βασιλι κὸν ἀπεπλήρουν πρόσταγμα καὶ τὰς πύλας ἀναπετάσαντες καὶ ποτὲ μὲν τοὺς ῥυτῆρας κατ' αὐτῶν ἐνδιδόντες, ποτὲ δὲ τοὺς ἵππους ἀνασειράζοντες κτείνουσι μὲν πολλούς, ὀλίγοι δ' ἐξ αὐτῶν κατὰ ταυτηνὶ τὴν ἡμέραν ἐτρώθησαν. 10.9.8 Οὗτοι μὲν οὖν ἐρρέσθων· ὁ δ' ἐμὸς δεσπότης ὁ Καῖσαρ ἀναλαβόμενος, ὡς εἴρηται, τοὺς τῆς τοξείας εἰδήμονας ἐπὶ τῶν πύργων ἵστατο τοῖς βαρβάροις ἐπιτοξαζόμενος. Καὶ πάντες μὲν εἶχον τόξα καὶ εὔστοχα καὶ εὐθύβολα· νεανίαι γὰρ ἧσαν σύμπαντες οὐχ ἥττους τοῦ ὁμηρικοῦ Τεύκρου εἰς τοξικὴν ἐμπειρίαν. Τὸ δὲ τόξον τοῦ Καίσα ρος Ἀπόλλωνος ἦν ἄρα τόξον αὐτόχρημα· οὐδὲ γὰρ κατ' ἐκείνους τοὺς ὁμηρικοὺς Ἕλληνας νευρὴν μὲν μαζῷ, τόξῳ δὲ σίδηρον ἦγέ τε καὶ ἐφήρμοττε κυνηγετῶν ἀρετὴν ἐνδεικνύμενος κατ' ἐκείνους, ἀλλ' ὥσπερ τις Ἡρακλῆς ἐξ ἀθανάτων τόξων θανασίμους ἀπέπεμπεν ὀϊστοὺς καὶ οὗπερ ἂν στοχάσαιτο κατευστοχῶν ἦν, εἰ μόνον θελήσειε. Καὶ γὰρ καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις καιροῖς, ὁπηνίκα καιρὸς ἀγῶνος καὶ μάχης παρῆν, ὅντινα καὶ σκοπὸν ἔθετο, εὐθὺς οὐκ ἄστο χον ἔβαλλε, καὶ ᾧ ἂν μέρει ἐπετοξάσατο, κατ' ἐκείνου τοῦ μέρους εὐθὺς ἐτίτρωσκεν ἀεί. Οὕτως ἰσχυρὸν ἔτεινε τόξον ἐκεῖνος καὶ βέλος ἠφίει ὀξύτατον, κἀν τῇ τοξείᾳ δὲ καὶ ὑπὲρ τὸν Τεῦκρον αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς Αἴαντας φαινόμενος. Ἀλλὰ καίπερ τοιοῦτος ὢν δεδιὼς τὸ τῆς αὐτῆς ἡμέρας αἰδέσιμον καὶ τὴν τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος παραγγελίαν ἐγκάρ διον ἔχων ἔτεινε μὲν τόξον ἰταμῶς τούτους καὶ ἀλόγως τοῖς τείχεσι πελάζοντας ὁρῶν καὶ ἀσπίσι καὶ κυνέῃ ἑαυ τοὺς περιφράττοντας καὶ τὸ βέλος ἐτίθετο τῇ νευρᾷ, ἀλλ' ὅμως ἄστοχα θέλων ἔβαλλεν, ὅπου μὲν εἴσω πέμπων, ὅπου δὲ καὶ ὑπερπέμπων. 10.9.9 Κἂν δὲ διὰ τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν ὑπεστέλλετο εὐστόχως κατὰ τῶν Λατίνων βαλεῖν, ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ Λατῖνός τις ἰταμὸς καὶ ἀναίσχυντος οὐ μόνον κατὰ τῶν ἄνωθεν ἱσταμένων πυκνοὺς ἐξέπεμπεν ὀϊστούς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ πολλὰ φωνῶν ὑβρίζειν ἐδόκει, τείνει μὲν κατ' αὐτοῦ ὁ Καῖσαρ τὸ τόξον· τοῦ δ' οὐχ ἅλιον βέλος ἔκθορε χειρός, ἀλλὰ διέτρησε μὲν τὸν θυρεόν, τὸν δὲ φολι δωτὸν θώρακα σὺν αὐτῷ διελὼν τῷ βραχίονι τῇ πλευρᾷ τὸ βέλος περιέπειρεν. Ὁ δ' εὐθὺς ἄφωνος ἔκειτο χαμᾶζε κατὰ τὸν ποιητήν, φωνὴ δ' οὐρανὸν ἧκε τῶν μὲν ἐπαγαλ λομένων τῷ Καίσαρι, τῶν δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ πεπτωκότι ἀπολοφυ ρομένων. Καρτερῶς οὖν αὖθις τῶν τε ἱππέων ἐκεῖθεν μαχο μένων τῶν τε ἐν τοῖς τείχεσιν ἱσταμένων βαρὺς καὶ δεινὸς ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων ἀνερριπίζετο πόλεμος. Ἐπιβαλὼν δ' αὖθις ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ τὰς ἰδίας δυνάμεις εἰς φυγὴν τὰς τῶν Λατί νων προὐτρέψατο φάλαγγας. 10.9.10 Τῇ δὲ μετ' αὐτὴν ἀπελ θὼν ὁ Οὖβος συνεβούλευε τῷ Γοντοφρὲ τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως ὑπεῖξαι θελήματι, εἰ μὴ καὶ δευτέραν βούλοιτο τῆς τούτου περὶ τὰ πολεμικὰ ἐμπειρίας πεῖραν λαβεῖν, καὶ ὀμωμοκέναι καθαρὰν πίστιν φυλάττειν αὐτῷ. Ὁ δὲ πολλὰ τοῦτον κατε μέμφετο λέγων· «Σὺ ὡς βασιλεὺς τῆς ἰδίας ἐξεληλυθὼς χώρας μετὰ τοσούτου πλούτου καὶ στρατεύματος νῦν ἐξ ὕψους τοσούτου εἰς δούλου τάξιν ἑαυτὸν συνήλασας· εἶτα ὡς μέγα τι κατωρθωκὼς κἀμοὶ τοιαῦτα συμβουλεύων ἥκεις;» Ὁ δέ· «Ἐχρῆν ἡμᾶς» ἔφη «ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις προσμένειν χώραις καὶ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων ἀπέχεσθαι· ἐπεὶ δὲ μέχρις ὧδε κατήλθομεν τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως κηδεμονίας δεόμενοι, εἰ μὴ τοῖς αὐτοῦ πειθόμεθα λόγοις, οὐκ ἀγαθὰ ἡμῖν συμ βήσεται». Ὡς δὲ κενὸν τὸν Οὖβον ἐκεῖθεν ἐξέπεμψε, πληροφορηθεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ τοὺς ὄπισθεν ἐρχομένους ἐγγίζειν