Memaceni, valida gens, obsidionem non ut honestiorem modo, sed etiam ut tutiorem ferre decreverant; ad quorum pertinaciam mitigandam rex l equites praemisit, qui clementiam ipsius in deditos simulque inexorabilem animum in  devictos ostenderent.
The Memaceni, a powerful race, had decided to stand a siege, as not only more honourable, but also as safer; to tame their obstinacy, the king sent ahead fifty horsemen, to make known to them his clemency towards those who surrendered and his inexorable spirit towards  the vanquished.
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