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received from your ancestors, and that fame in armswhich you have acquired during the space of somany years; since to resolute men the end of theirglory should be the end of their life! ” To manythese words sounded bitterer than those of thetyrant. And they stood a long time gazing on eachother in sorrowful silence. Several even showedby their moving, and the crespation of their body,what they hid in their soul. Finally, a Greekpriest, with a most doleful voice, and every one intears, said, “ Six months ago, Greeks and Latins,we all took arms, and resisted not only our externalenemies, but also those within these walls; we didso without foreign aid, without foreign favour.But then we had hopes, however long deferred;but now not a hope. At length, whether fromsome occult benignity of Providence, or from theirwonder at our bravery after such slaughter suf-fered by them, day and night, our enemies offer usAvhat we ought to desire ardently. They leave youthe public and private treasures, gold or silver, andyour lives, and your women and children inviolate.The tyrant only deprives you of a ruined city, ofwhich the half is already in his power. 0 noblegrand master and knights! I have experience ofyour valour and fortitude, not only in our navalwars, but likewise in this siege. But when all hope