A First Latin Reader/8

by H.C. NUTTING. Ph.D.

H.C. NUTTING. Ph.D.

A First Latin Reader

Lesson 8
Captain John Smith (Continued )

1912

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7. Captain John Smith (Continued)	9. Captain John Smith (Concluded)

LESSON 8

Captain John Smith (Continued )

Dum haec^[1] fīunt^[2], Indī, quī prope colōniam habitābant, colōnōrum cōpiās saepe rapiēbant^[3]; quīn etiam interdum arma quoque ē colōniā rapta sunt, dōnec ūnus ex^[4] Indīs, quī ea tractāre^[5] nesciēbat, ita ipse paene sē^[6] interfēcit.

Postrēmō ē Britanniā vēnērunt colōnī novī, quī Fabrō, dē quō suprā dīxī, amīcī nōn erant. Ā quibus domum^[7] redīre coāctus, numquam posteā ille ad Virginiam revēnit^[8]. Sed per mare Atlanticum saepe navigāvit, atque ōlim pervēnit usque ad^[9] terram, quae nunc Britannia Nova appellātur. Ibi nautae, locō^[10] idōneō complūris diēs morāti, piscēs cēpērunt multōs, quōs sāle condītōs^[11] posteā in Britanniam reportāvērunt. Interim dux parvā in scaphā multa mīlia passuum secundum lītus prōgressus, frūmentum pellēsque^[12] ab incolīs emēbat.

Quī, cum^[13] dēmum in Britanniam redīre vellet^[14], Indōs complūrīs in nāvēs accēpit^[15] ac sēcum^[16] domum redūxit. Quō^[17] ubi est perventum^[18] omnēsque^[19] iam ē nāvibus ēgressī sunt, ūnus ē praepositīs^[20] Indōs paucōs sē sequī nāvemque iterum cōnscendere iussit; tum clam ad Hispāniam cum captīvīs miserīs profectus est. Ibi autem cum Indōs vēndere cōnārētur, sacerdōtēs quīdam, quī dē eius cōnsiliō certiōrēs factī erant^[21], ad nāvem statim properāvērunt; ā quibus captīvī servātī sunt.

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1. haec: these things.
2. fīunt: in connection with dum, the pres. indic. is rendered as an imperfect.
3. rapiēbant: would steal; a common meaning of the impf. indic.
4. ex: of.
5. tractāre: (how) to handle.
6. ipse … sē: freely, his own self.
7. dōmum: i.e. to England.
8. revēnit: the prefix re- often means “back”; cf. reportāvērunt (l. 10), redūxit (l. 14), and re(d)īre (l. 4).
9. usque ad: as far as.
10. locō: cf. the note on p. 7, l. 4.
11. sāle condītōs: salted down (condiō, 4, season; sāl, sālis, m., salt); condītōs modifies quōs.
12. pellēs: pellis, -is, f., skin or pelt.
13. qui, cum: when … he.
14. vellet: was ready; for other meanings of the word see the Vocab.
15. in nāvēs accēpit: translate freely.
16. sēcum: i.e. sē + cum.
17. quō: there; lit. whither.
18. est perventum: cf. the impersonal passive on p. 1, l. 11, and translate according to the context here.
19. omnēs: cf. p. 6, l. 16.
20. praepositīs: praepositus, -i, m., officer.
21. certiōrēs factī erant: cf. p. 4, l. 12.