Itaque: Pessimum, inquit, mancipium, repperisti exoptatum tibi tempus quo parricidium aperires?strictoque acinace interfecturus eum videbatur, ni propere Bessus Bactrianique quasi deprecarentur, tristium specie, ceterum, si perseveraret, vincturi circumstetissent.
Hence he said: Basest of slaves, have you found the time which you desired, when you might disclose your treason? and drawing his sword, he seemed to be on the point of killing Nabarzanes, had not Bessus and the Bactriani quickly surrounded the king, as if to plead against the act, under pretence of sorrow, but actually intending to make him prisoner, if he should persist.
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