+-----+-------------------+----------------------------

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|     |  PRINCIPAL VERB   |    DEPENDENT VERBS IN THE SUBJUNCTIVE     |
| P   |      IN THE       +---------------------+---------------------+
| R   |    INDICATIVE     | Incomplete or     | Completed Action  |
| I   |                   | Continuing Action |                     |
| M   +-------------------+---------------------+-----------

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| A   |      Present      |                     |                     |
| R   |      Future       |       Present       |       Perfect       |
| T   |   Future perfect  |                     |                     |
+-----+-------------------+---------------------+-----------

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| S D |                   |                     |                     |
| E A |    Imperfect      |                     |                     |
| C R |     Perfect       |      Imperfect      |     Pluperfect      |
| O Y |    Pluperfect     |                     |                     |
| N-  |                   |                     |                     |
+-----+-------------------+---------------------+-----------

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358. RULE.  Sequence of Tenses. Primary tenses are followed by primary tenses and secondary by secondary.

359. EXAMPLES

I. Primary tenses in principal and dependent clauses: 

  Mittit }
  Mittet } homines ut agros vastent
  Miserit }

{ sends          }       { that they may           }
He { will send      } men { in order to             }
{ will have sent }       { to lay waste the fields }

II.  Secondary tenses in principal and dependent clauses: 

  Mittebat}
  Misit } homines ut agros vastarent
  Miserat }

{ was sending      }       { that they might         }
He { sent or has sent } men { in order to             }
{ had sent         }       { to lay waste the fields }

360. EXERCISES

I.
  1.  Venerant ut {ducerent, mitterent, viderent, audirent,
                 {ducerentur, mitterentur, viderentur, audirentur

2.  Fugiebat ne {caperetur, traderetur, videretur,
{necaretur, raperetur, resisteret.

3.  Misit nuntios qui {dicerent, audirent, venirent
{narrarent, audirentur, in concilio sederent.

4.  Castra muniverunt {sese defenderent, impetum sustinerent,
quo facilius {hostis vincerent, salutem peterent.

II. 1.  Caesar encouraged the soldiers in order that they might fight more bravely. 2.  The Helvetii left their homes to wage war. 3.  The scouts set out at once lest they should be captured by the Germans. 4.  Caesar inflicted punishment on them in order that the others might be more terrified. 5.  He sent messengers to Rome to announce the victory.