Ille facinus purgare non ausus regis titulum se usurpare dixit, ut gentem suam tradere ipsi posset; quippe, si cessasset, alium fuisse regnum occupaturum.
Bessus, not daring to deny his crime, said that he had used the title of king in order that he might be able to hand over his nation to him; for if he had delayed, another would have seized the rule.
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