c.1525, Sallust, “Of the behauour of Iugurth agaynst Metellus[…]”, in Alexander Barclay, transl., Here begynneth the famous cronycle of the warre, which the romayns had agaynſt Iugurth vſurper of the kyngdome of Numidy[…], London: Richarde Pynſon, folio xxxviii, verso:
This towne was named Vacca / Metellus drewe hym and his army thyder / and ſet garnyſon into the ſame towne.