[58] _Amicissimos._ See Zumpt, S 410.
[59] _Per regni fidem_, 'by the conscientiousness which is observed in
governing, and must be observed;' so that it is almost the same as
_per regiam fidem_, or _per fidem regum_, which kings owe to one
another.
[60] _Adjungere_; supply _tibi_, 'connect yourself with strangers,' as
opposed to supporting and maintaining friendly relations with his
friends and kinsmen.
[61] Sallust here changes his expression. He might have said _parantur_,
but _parere_ also occurs in other authors in the sense of _parare_,
or 'to acquire.'
[62] _Ante hos_, 'in preference to these.'
[63] _Observare_ has a sense similar to that of _colere_, 'to honour' and
refers to the observance of all the duties of devotedness, especially
in the external relations of social life.

11. Ad ea Jugurtha, tametsi regem ficta locutum intellegebat et ipse
longe aliter animo agitabat, tamen pro tempore benigne respondit. Micipsa
paucis post diebus moritur. Postquam illi more regio justa magnifice
fecerant, reguli[64] in unum convenerunt, ut inter se de cunctis negotiis
disceptarent. Sed Hiempsal, qui minimus ex illis erat, natura ferox et
jam ante ignobilitatem Jugurthae, quia materno genere impar erat,
despiciens, dextera Adherbalem assedit,[65] ne medius ex tribus, quod
apud Numidas honori ducitur, Jugurtha foret. Dein tamen ut aetati
concederet fatigatus[66] a fratre, vix in partem alteram transductus est.
Ibi quum mulla de administrando imperio dissererent, Jugurtha inter alias
res jacit oportere quinquennii consulta et decreta omnia rescindi; nam
per ea tempora confectum annis Micipsam parum animo valuisse. Tum idem
Hiempsal placere sibi respondit; nam ipsum illum tribus proximis
annis[67] adoptatione in regnum pervenisse. Quod verbum in pectus