Neque id tempus ex aliorum more quieti aut luxuriae concedit, sed, quoniam armis bellum parum procedebat, insidias regi per amicos tendere et eorum perfidia pro armis uti parat.
But he did not devote that interval to rest or dissipation, as others commonly do, but since the war was making insufficient progress through arms, he prepared to lay a trap for the king through his friends and to employ their treachery as a substitute for open warfare.
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