Hinc spe, hinc metu militares animos versant; ruinae rerum subdere illos capita, in perniciem trahi, cum Bactra pateant exceptura eos bonis et opulentia animis quam concipere non possint.
Now by hope, now by fear they work upon the feelings of the soldiers, saying that they were exposing themselves to utter ruin and were being dragged to destruction, when Bactra was open to receive them with possessions and wealth such as were beyond their imagination.
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