Ceterum Alexander, quam regionem Dareus petisset omni cura vestigans, tamen explorare non poterat more quodam Persarum arcana regum mira celantium fide; non metus, non spes elicit vocem qua prodantur occulta.
Alexander, however, although trying to track Darius with all care, could not find out for what region he had made, because of a custom of the Persians of keeping the secrets of their kings with a marvellous fidelity; not fear, not hope, can elicit a single word by which confidences are betrayed.
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