4. sacrificio. See the note on 10, 11.

5. ipso temporis puncto quo, 'at the very moment when.'

8. egressus. See the note on 20, 13.

de rebus ... factus est, 'was informed of the state of things,' literally
'was made more certain about the things which were being done.' In what
gender, number, person, and case is quae? Give a reason for each.

11. posset. The subjunctive is used because the words of the king are
quoted indirectly. He said _si potes_, 'if you can.'

19. Ipse. Notice the use of this word in contrasts, frequently, as here,
of a person with that which belongs to him or with his subordinates.

20. inter se, 'to one another.'

22. esset, subjunctive in an indirect question. The direct form would be
_Quantum periculum est_? ('How great is the danger?'). multas terras,
just as we say 'many lands,'

23. Europae. Compare _Thebanis_, 10, 21.

24. in utroque litore, 'on each shore,' 'on both shores.'

25. columnas. The ancients believed that the Rock of Gibraltar was the
pillar set up by Hercules on the European side.