I immediately cut the twisted flags or rushes which they had bound him with, and would have helped him up; but he could not stand or speak, but groaned most piteously, believing, it seems, still, that he was only unbound in order to be killed.
En seguida corté los bejucos o juncos con los que estaba atado y traté de ayudarlo para que se incorporara, pero no podía ponerse en pie ni hablar. Tan solo emitía un quejido lastimero, creyendo, sin duda, que lo había desatado para matarlo.