spes tamen una mihi (quamquam bene cognita et olim atrox illa fides) urbem murosque domumque tangere si miseris licuisset, corda moveri posse viri et vestro certe mitescere fletu.
One hope I still cherished'although I knew well, and had long known, the inflexible conscience of the man'that, if we wretches were permitted to reach the walls of Rome and our homes, his resolution might give way and be melted at least by the tears of his wife and children.
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