Illum quidem, seditione inter Macedones milites et Graecos mercennarios orta, debilitatum vulnere quod in ea consternatione acceperat iacuisse, non alia re quam simulatione mortis tutiorem; se corpus eius protexisse clipeo suo, ruentesque in illum sua manu  occisos.
That Philip, when a quarrel had arisen between the Macedonian soldiers and the Greek mercenaries, being disabled by a wound which he had suffered during that disturbance, had fallen to the ground and could find no other expedient to protect himself better than feigning death; but that he had protected his fathers body with his shield, and with his own hand  had slain those who were rushing upon him.
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