Those which are farre off for to be at the court so soone and at the instant as those which are nigh at hand, doo send postes daily, that the one may ouertake the other.
Finallie, there is nothing to be discommended in this riuer, but the opennesse thereof in manie places to the weather, whereby sundrie perils oft ouertake such as fish or saile in small vessels on the same.
And before the other could ouertake him, which was not farre off, hee had killed an other of the Curiatij.
Passe nowe Tanais, thou shalt perceiue what breadth it beareth, and yet thou shalt neuer ouertake the Scythians, whose pouertie is swifter then the armie, which carieth the spoyle of so many nacions.
For though they had some bowes, yet they could not vse them; and brake their armes with rowing to ouertake them.
On the other side, to approach and seeke to ouertake them was a vaine thing, seeing they were as swift as wilde goates.
They push with their hornes, they runne, they ouertake and kill an horse when they are in their rage and anger.
And if by chance any one Shippe did ouertake other, by swiftnesse of sayle, or mette, as they often did: yet was the rigour of the wind so hidious, that they could not continue company together the space of one whole night.
The Romans pursued them so farre as they were able to ouertake anie of them, and so slaieng manie of them, & burning vp all their houses all about, came backe againe to their campe.
Thou art so farre before, That swiftest Wing of Recompence is slow, To ouertake thee.
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