His animis regem audierunt, ut iam cepisse verticem viderentur; dimissique ferreos cuneos, quos inter saxa defigerent, validosque funes parabant.
They heard the king with such alacrity, that it seemed that they had already attained the summit; and when dismissed they prepared iron wedges to  insert between the stones, and strong ropes.
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