Purganti deinde se deosque patrios testes fidei suae invocanti Dareus vultu assentiebatur, haud dubius quin vera deferrentur a Graecis; sed eo rerum ventum erat, ut tam periculosum esset non credere suis quam decipi.
Then, as Bessus asserted his innocence and called upon his countrys gods as witnesses to his loyalty, Darius assumed an expression of assent, although he had no doubt that the report of the Greeks was true; but the situation had reached such a pass that it was as dangerous not to believe his subjects as to be deceived.
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