Hoc praeter spem omnium viso Procopius, salutis intercluso suffragio, versus in pedes, circumiectorum nemorum secreta petebat et montium, Florentio sequente et Barchalba tribuno, quem per saevissima bella iam inde a Constanti temporibus notum, necessitas in crimen traxerat, non voluntas.
By this sight, unexpected by all, Procopius was bereft of every aid to safety; so he took to flight and sought a hiding-place in the surrounding woods and mountains, followed by Florentius and the tribune Barchalba, who from the time of Constantius had gained fame in the fiercest wars, and had been led to treason by necessity, not by inclination.
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