[sect. 8]
bellum sustinemus: an unusual expression. Cf. sustinere, Antibarbarus, and see the similar phrase in 3, nos adhuc, etc.
se respexerit, shall be mindful of his real interests. For this phrase, cf. Plaut. Pseud. 612; Ter. Heaut. 70; 919.
ex castris: at Cularo probably.