Diu nemo quid sentiret ausus est dicere, incerta regis voluntate; tandem Parmenio antea suasisse ait, ut captivos apud Damascum redimentibus redderet, ingentem pecuniam potuisse redigi ex his, qui multorum vincti virorum fortium occuparent manus.
For a long time no one ventured to say what he thought, since the kings inclination was uncertain; at last Parmenion said that he had before recommended the return of the prisoners taken at Damascus to those who wished to ransom them; that a vast sum of money could have been realized from those men who, as bound captives, kept busy the hands of many brave warriors.
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