[369] 'He tormented himself day and night with the thought.' Respecting this paraphrase of one's own person by the word _animus_, see Zumpt, S 678. [370] _Quae Jugurthae_--_superaverant_, 'which had been left for Jugurtha;' that is, which he himself had not been able to accomplish. [371] 'That the open country might not be laid waste by the enemy in such a manner as to leave the enemy unpunished' (_inultis_). [372] _Metusque_--_impediebat_. The imperfect describes the lasting condition of the matter, while the perfect, _venit_, expresses the momentary act, and the clause _metus impediebat_ represents an inserted clause denoting cause: _metus enim rem impediebat_. [373] Bomilcar was seized with fear in consequence of the timidity shown by Nabdalsa. [374] _In quis_--_accusare_. The historical infinitive in a relative clause is very rare, but _in quis_ here supplies the place of _et in his_. [375] 'The question only was, whether Jugurtha should perish by their (that is, Bomilcar and Nabdalsa's) valour, or by that of Metellus,' since his doom was fixed at all events. _Id agitari_ for _id agi_, which in this sense is far more frequent. 71. Sed quum hae litterae allatae,[376] forte Nabdalsa exercito corpore fessus in lecto quiescebat, ubi cognitis Bomilcaris verbis primo cura, deinde, uti aegrum animum solet,[377] somnus cepit. Erat ei Numida quidam negotiorum curator, fidus acceptusque et omnium consiliorum nisi novissimi particeps. Qui postquam allatas litteras audivit, ex consuetudine ratus opera aut ingenio suo opus esse, in tabernaculum introiit, dormiente illo epistolam, super caput in pulvino temere positam, sumit ac perlegit, dein propere, cognitis insidiis, ad regem pergit. Nabdalsa post paulo experrectus ubi neque epistolam repperit[378] et rem omnem, uti acta erat, cognovit, primo indicem persequi conatus, postquam id frustra fuit, Jugurtham placandi gratia accedit; dicit quae ipse paravisset facere perfidia clientis sui praeventa;[379] lacrimans obtestatur per amicitiam perque sua antea fideliter acta, ne super[380] tali scelere suspectum sese haberet. [376] _Allatae_; supply _essent_, an ellipsis, which is not very common after a conjunction, governing the subjunctive. [377] _Solet_, supply _capere_. [378] _Repperit_; for the orthography of this word, see Zumpt, S 22. [379] _Res praevenitur_, 'a thing is anticipated,' or 'something is done previously,' is found very rarely instead of _occupatur_. _Homo praevenitur_, 'a person is anticipated in a thing,' is more common. [380] _Super_, the same as _de_. See Zumpt, S 320.