Iam alii ex cohorte in stationem successerant ante cubiculi fores excubituri, adhuc tamen coniurati stabant vice officii sui expleta; adeo pertinax spes  est, quam humanae mentes devoraverunt.
Now the others of the troupe had taken over their posts, to watch before the door of the kings bedchamber, yet the conspirators remained there, although their turn of duty was completed; so persistent is a hope which human minds have eagerly  conceived.
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