Itaque, quod vi non poterant, fraude assequi temptant; paenitentiam secessionis simulare decreverant et excusare apud regem consternationem suam.
Accordingly, they tried to effect through stratagem what they could not do by force; they decided to feign regret for their secession, and to excuse it to the king on the ground of their consternation.
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