Age, Darei quantus ardor animi! qui, cum sordida et crudeli magorum tyrannide Persas liberaret, unumque ex iis obscuro loco abiectum corporis pondere urgeret, praeclari operis socio plagam ei inferre dubitanti, ne dum magum petit, ipsum vulneraret, tu vero inquit nihil est quod respectu mei timidius gladio utaris: vel per utrumque illum agas licet, dum hic quam celerrime pereat.
And now what an ardent spirit was Darius! As he was freeing the Persians from the shabby and cruel tyranny of the magi, he was pressing one of them, who had been thrown aside out of sight, with the weight of his body. To a partner in that noble work who hesitated to strike the magus lest aiming at him he wound Darius, No need, he said, to use your sword less boldly out of thought for me. You may drive it through both of us, so long as he dies as soon as may be.
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