Nuper praeter consuetudinem, officii specie amotis longius ceteris, admovisse semetipsos lateri suo nulla probabili causa, seque mirantem quod non vice sua tali fungerentur officio, et ipsa trepidatione eorum perterritum, strenue ad armigeros, qui proxime sequebantur, recessisse.
Lately, under the pretence of rendering service, they had removed all other persons to a distance, and contrary to custom had attached themselves to his side without any plausible reason, and because he was surprised that they performed such service out of their turn, and alarmed by their very confusion, he had quickly taken refuge with his guards who were following close after him.
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