§4.8.1Ad haec Caesar quae visum est respondit; sed exitus fuit orationis: sibi nullam cum iis amicitiam esse posse, si in Gallia remanerent; §4.8.2neque verum esse, qui suos fines tueri non potuerint alienos occupare; neque ullos in Gallia vacare agros qui dari tantae praesertim multitudini sine iniuria possint; §4.8.3sed licere, si velint, in Ubiorum finibus considere, quorum sint legati apud se et de Sueborum iniuriis querantur et a se auxilium petant: hoc se Ubiis imperaturum.
To this Caesar replied as seemed appropriate; but the conclusion of his speech was: that there could be no friendship between him and them if they remained in Gaul; nor was it right that those who had not been able to protect their own territories should seize those of others; nor were there any lands vacant in Gaul which could be given, especially to so great a multitude, without injustice; but that they were permitted, if they wished, to settle in the territories of the Ubii, whose envoys were with him, complaining of the wrongs of the Suebi and seeking help from him: this he would command the Ubii to do.