§5.36.1His rebus permotus Quintus Titurius, cum procul Ambiorigem suos cohortantem conspexisset, interpretem suum Gnaeum Pompeium ad eum mittit rogatum ut sibi militibusque parcat.
Quintus Titurius, deeply disturbed by these events, when he had descried Ambiorix at a distance encouraging his men, sent his interpreter Gnaeus Pompeius to him, to entreat that he would spare him and his soldiers.
§5.36.2Ille appellatus respondit: si velit secum colloqui, licere; sperare a multitudine impetrari posse, quod ad militum salutem pertineat; ipsi vero nihil nocitum iri, inque eam rem se suam fidem interponere.
He, when addressed, replied: if he wished to parley with him, it was permitted; he hoped that what pertained to the safety of the soldiers could be obtained from the multitude; to himself, indeed, no harm would be done, and for this he pledged his faith.
Ille cum Cotta saucio communicat, §5.36.3si videatur, pugna ut excedant et cum Ambiorige una colloquantur: sperare ab eo de sua ac militum salute impetrari posse.
He communicated with the wounded Cotta, asking whether it seemed fit to him to withdraw from the battle and parley with Ambiorix together: he hoped that their own safety and that of the soldiers could be obtained from him.
Cotta se ad armatum hostem iturum negat atque in eo perseverat.
Cotta declared that he would not go to an armed enemy, and persisted in that resolution.