At contra Iugurtha trahere omnia et alias, deinde alias morae causas facere, polliceri deditionem ac deinde metum simulare, cedere instanti et paulo post, ne sui diffiderent, instare; ita belli modo, modo pacis mora consulem ludificare.
Jugurtha, by contrast, dragged everything out, inventing one pretext after another for delay. He promised surrender and then made a pretense of apprehension; he gave way to the consuls attack, and then a little later went on the offensive so that his followers might not lose courage. Thus he toyed with the consul, now by the delays of war, now by those of peace.
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