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.
Azonnal eloldoztam és felsegítettem, de nem bírt szólni vagy megállni a lábán, azt hihette, hogy csak azért oldozzák el, mert a kivégzése következik.