In the mean time, the
Trinobantes, almost the most powerful state of those parts, from which the young man,
Mandubratius embracing the protection of
Caesar had come to the continent of
Gaul to [meet] him (whose father,
Imanuentius, had possessed the sovereignty in that state, and had been killed by
Cassivellaunus; he himself had escaped death by flight), send embassadors to
Caesar, and promise that they will surrender themselves to him and perform his commands; they entreat him to protect
Mandubratius from the violence of
Cassivellaunus, and send to their state some one to preside over it, and possess the government.
Caesar demands forty hostages from them, and corn for his army, and sends
Mandubratius to them. They speedily performed the things demanded, and sent hostages to the number appointed, and the corn.
Gallic War. Julius Caesar. W. A. McDevitte (Translator), W. S. Bohn (Translator). New York. 1870-1872.
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