Lacrimantem eum ac metu et sollicitudine propemodum exsanguem rex conspexerat: Quid, inquit, quodve tempus exspectas et non quam primum hoc dolore me saltem moriturum liberas? An times ne  reus sis, cum insanabile vulnus acceperim? At Critobulus, tandem vel finito vel dissimulato metu, hortari eum coepit ut se continendum praeberet, dum spiculum evelleret; etiam levem corporis motum  noxium fore.
The king observed that he was weeping and near to fainting from fear and anxiety and said: For what event or moment are you waiting, and why do you not free me as soon as possible from this pain and let me at least die? Do you perhaps fear that you may be blamed because I have received an incurable  wound? But Critobulus, having at last ended his fear, or concealed it, began to urge that he let himself be held while he was withdrawing the point; that even a slight movement of his body would be  dangerous.
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