Et ne rumor adventus sui eos ad remotiora traduceret, superato Rheno noctis alto silentio, cum auxiliorum expeditissimis globis, nihil metuentes huius modi circumvenit, excitatosque hostilium fragore armorum, dum gladios circumspectant et tela, celeriter involavit et quosdam occidit, orantes alios praedamque offerentes, dediticios cepit, reliquis, qui remansere, pacem precantibus dedit, quietem pollicitis firmam.
And in order that no rumour of his coming might lead them to flee to more distant places, he crossed the Rhine in the deep silence of night with the lightest equipped of his auxiliary forces and surrounded them while they feared nothing of the kind. And when they were awakened by the clash of hostile arms and were looking about for their swords and spears, he flew upon them swiftly; some he slew, others, who begged for mercy and offered booty, he received in surrender, to the rest who remained there he granted peace when they sued for it and promised lasting quiet.
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