Et quamquam conscientia fretus in regiam venerat, tamen, ut iussus est fratres suos exhibere admodum iuvenes et regi ignotos ob aetatem, fiducia in sollicitudinem versa, trepidare coepit, saepius quae nocere possent quam  quibus eluderet reputans.
And although, relying on a clear conscience, he had come into headquarters, yet when he was ordered to produce his brothers, who were very young and unknown to the king because of their youth, his confidence changed to anxiety and he began to be afraid, considering more frequently what could harm them than by what means he could parry  such attacks.
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