ceterum cum auxilium unicum in precibus restare animadverterent, ingenui et Italici sanguinis oblivisci non potuerunt: princeps enim eorum in curia interrogatus quam poenam mererentur, respondit quam merentur qui se dignos libertate iudicant.
However, although they saw that their only remaining recourse lay in entreaties, they could not forget their freeborn Italian blood. For when their leader was asked in the senate house what punishment they deserved to suffer, he replied: That which men deserve who think they are worthy of freedom.
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