at circumfusi non secius undique dextram prensare ac, patriae ductorem nomine tanto redderet, orabant; captiva posse redemptum pensari turba, ac Tyrias tum iustius arces arsuras dextra, fuerit quae vincta catenis.
None the less they gathered round, all seeking to grasp his hand and begging him not to deprive his country of so great a general; he, they said, might be exchanged for the crowd of Carthaginian prisoners; and then the hand which once wore fetters at Carthage would more fitly set fire to the Carthaginian citadel.
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