Sed perstabat in cassum, haec multaque similia disserendo, efferata vesania regis obstante, non ante castrorum excidium digredi pertinaciter adiurantis.
But it was in vain that he persisted in making these and many similar pleas, opposed as they were by the frenzied rage of the king, who roundly swore that he would not leave the place until the fortress had been destroyed.
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