Nabdalsa paulo post experrectus, ubi neque epistulam repperit et rem omnem uti acta erat [ex perfugis] cognovit, primo indicem persequi conatus, postquam id frustra fuit, Iugurtham placandi gratia adcedit; dicit quae ipse paravisset facere perfidia clientis sui praeventa; lacrumans obtestatur per amicitiam perque sua antea fideliter acta ne super tali scelere suspectum sese haberet.
When Nabdalsa woke up a little later and did not find the letter, he understood the whole situation, just as it had transpired. He first made an attempt to overtake the informer, but failing in that, he went to Jugurtha to placate him. He stated that what he himself had been preparing to do had been forestalled by the treachery of his retainer. With tears he implored the king by their friendship and by his own past faithful services not to suspect him of being involved in such a crime.
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