Ad ea Bocchus placide et benigne, simul pauca pro delicto suo verba facit: se non hostili animo, sed ob regnum tutandum arma cepisse.
To these words Bocchus made a conciliatory and courteous reply, at the same time briefly excusing his offense, declaring that he had taken arms not in a spirit of hostility but to protect his kingdom.
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