Ceterum Alexander cum statuisset desistere incepto'quippe nulla spes potiundae petrae offerebatur'tamen speciem ostendit in obsidione perseverantis.
But although Alexander had decided to abandon the attempt'for no hope was offered of getting possession of the rock'yet he made a show of persisting in the siege.
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