Quae negotia multo magis quam proelium male pugnatum ab suis regem terrebant, quippe quoius spes omnis in fuga sita erat, sequi cogebatur, et qui sua loca defendere nequiverat, in alienis bellum gerere.
These tactics alarmed the king much more than the battle lost by his troops; for he, whose entire hope was centered on flight, was being forced to give chase and to wage war on foreign ground, whereas he had been unable to defend his own territory.
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