Ibi milites, fessos itineris magnitudine et iam abnuentis omnia, docet oppidum Vagam non amplius mille passuum abesse: decere illos relicuom laborem aequo animo pati, dum pro civibus suis, viris fortissumis atque miserrumis, poenas caperent.
There he informed his soldiers, worn out by the long march and now balking at all demands, that the town of Vaga was not more than a mile away. It was proper for them, he said, to endure patiently the remaining toil provided they could exact punishment on behalf of their brave but unhappy fellow citizens.
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