Cretensibus nihil tale praesidii adfulsit, qui, obsidione Metelli ad ultimam penuriam compulsi, sua iumentorumque suorum urina sitim torserunt iustius dixerim quam sustentarunt, quia dum vinci timent, id passi sunt quod eos ne victor quidem pati coegisset.
No such light of protection shone for the Cretans. Driven to extremity of want by Metellus siege, they tortured (a more fitting word than slaked) their thirst with their own urine and that of their pack animals; for fearing to be vanquished, they suffered a thing that even a victor would not have made them suffer.
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