Igitur paulisper morati, cum neque Valentinianus (ut spoponderat) die praedicto venisset, nec promissorum aliquid adverterent factum, ad comitatum misere legatos, poscentes adminicula sibi dari, redituris ad sua, ne nuda hostibus exponerent terga.
And so they halted for a time, but when Valentinian did not appear on the appointed day, as he had agreed, and they saw that none of his promises had been fulfilled, they sent envoys to the emperors camp, demanding that support be given them for their return to their homes, in order that they might not expose their unprotected rear to the enemy.
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