idque a duce praecipi non mirabantur, maternarum blanditiarum memores quibus exituri ad proeliandum monebantur ut aut vivi cum armis in conspectum earum venirent aut mortui in armis referrentur.
They were not surprised at the generals precept, remembering the maternal coaxing whereby those going forth to battle were told to come back to their mothers sight alive with their shields or be brought back upon them dead.
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