I immediately cut the twisted flags or rushes which they had bound him with, and would have helped him up; but he could not stand or speak, but groaned most piteously, believing, it seems, still, that he was only unbound in order to be killed.
Je coupai aussitôt les glayeuls ou les joncs tortillés qui l'attachaient, et je voulus l'aider à se lever; mais il ne pouvait ni se soutenir ni parler; seulement il gémissait très-piteusement, croyant sans doute qu'on ne l'avait délié que pour le faire mourir.