Quibus adire propius ausis, defensores moenium ideo pepercerunt, quod cohaerenter sibi iunctos duxerant eisdem notos ingenuos Singarae captos: eorum enim miseratione, telum nemo contorsit, nec super pace respondit.
When these heralds dared to come close, the defenders of the walls spared them for the reason that they had brought in close company with them some freeborn men who had been taken prisoner at Singara and were recognised by the garrison. In pity for these men no one hurled a weapon; but to the offer of peace no answer was made.
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