quod cum vetere instituto Lacedaemoniorum nocturno tempore passuri essent, coniuges eorum illustris ibi sanguinis, velut allocuturae perituros viros impetrato a custodibus aditu carcerem intraverunt, commutataque veste per simulationem doloris velatis capitibus eos abire passae sunt.
This according to the ancient practice of the Spartans they were to suffer at night. Their wives, of illustrious birth in Sparta, begged access from the guards as though to comfort their doomed husbands and once inside the prison let their husbands leave, having changed their clothes and with covered heads in simulation of grief.
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