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XXXVI. Ac primo congressu eminus certabatur simul constantia, simul arte Britanni ingentibus gladiis et brevibus cetris missilia nostrorum vitare vel excutere, atque ipsi magnam vim telorum superfundere: donec Agricola Batavorum cohortes ac Tungrorum duas cohortatus est, ut rem ad mucrones ac manus adducerent: quod et ipsis vetustate militiae exercitatum, et hostibus inhabile parva scuta et enormes gladios gerentibus: nam Britannorum gladii sine mucrone complexum armorum et in aperto pugnam non tolerabant.
Also Caes., B.G. 6, 21: magna corporis parte nuda. Sagulo. Dim. of sago. A small short cloak. Leves==Leviter induti. The clause nudi leves is added here to show, that their dress is favorable to the use of missiles. Missilia spargunt. Dictio est Virgiliana. Coloribus. Cf. nigra scuta, Sec. 43. "Hence coats of arms and the origin of heraldry." Mur. Cultus. Military equipments.
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