[History of Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Julius Caesar CHAPTER VIII 6/25
They surrendered in the morning, and Caesar found himself in possession of over twenty thousand prisoners. [Sidenote: Pompey in the Vale of Tempe.] In the mean time, Pompey passed on through the Vale of Tempe toward the sea, regardless of the beauty and splendor that surrounded him, and thinking only of his fallen fortunes, and revolving despairingly in his mind the various forms in which the final consummation of his ruin might ultimately come.
At length he reached the sea-shore, and found refuge for the night in a fisherman's cabin.
A small number of attendants remained with him, some of whom were slaves.
These he now dismissed, directing them to return and surrender themselves to Caesar, saying that he was a generous foe, and that they had nothing to fear from him.
His other attendants he retained, and he made arrangements for a boat to take him the next day along the coast.
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