nec spes obsessis ultra reserata tueri moenia: convertunt gressus recipique precantes infandum! excludunt socios, dum cardine verso obnixi torquent obices, munimina sera.
The besieged could no longer hope to defend walls already unbarred. They beat a retreat to the town, and (horrible to tell) shut out their comrades as they begged to be admitted: the hinges turned and the bolts were forcibly thrust home, when such precautions were too late.
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