| A | B |
| Ea rēs | this matter |
| per indicium | by information, by an informant |
| ēnūntiāta est | was made known, was announced |
| Mōribus suīs | According to their own custom |
| ex vinclīs | from chains, (in chains) |
| coēgērunt | compelled |
| causam dīcere | to plead his case |
| oportēbat | it was necessary, there was a need |
| damnātum | the condemned one |
| sequī | follow |
| poenam | punishment |
| ut īgnī cremārētur | that he be burned by fire (īgnī is abl. we are used to seeing īgne) |
| Diē cōnstitūta causae dictiōnis | on the appointed day of pleading his case |
| ad iūdicium | to the court |
| omnem suam familiam | all his household |
| omnēs clientēs | all retainers |
| obaerātōs suōs | his debtors |
| quōrum māgnum numerum habēbat | of whom he had a great number |
| eōdem | to the same place |
| condūxit | he brought |
| per eōs | through those |
| sē ēripuit | he rescued himself |
| Cum cīvitās...incitāta | When the state...incited |
| ne causam dīceret | so that he might not plead his case |
| ob eam rem | on account of this act |
| cōnārētur | was trying, was attempting |
| exsequī | to enforce |
| iūs suum | its own right |
| armīs | by means of weapons |
| cōgerent | they were collecting |
| magistrātūs | the magistrates (nom. not acc.) |
| multitūdinemque hominum | a great number of men |
| ex agrīs | from the fields/countryside |
| mortuus est | he died (deponent verb) |
| neque | and not |
| abest | is absent, is lacking |
| suspīciō | the suspicion |
| ut Helvētiī arbitrantur | as the Helvetians think |
| quīn | that |
| ipse sibi mortem cōnscīverit | he himself committed suicide |