they had already spent two thousand talents and incurred heavy debts besides, and could not lose even ever so small a fraction of their present force through not paying it, without ruin to their cause;
ordurako bi mila talentu gastatua zuten eta askoz gehiago zor, baina oraingo tropen zati bat baztertuz gero, haiek mantendu behar ez izateko, sistema osoa honda zekiekeen;