ut hoc facto, a morte liberaretur: et propter veterem viri amicitiam, hanc in eo faciebant humanitatem.
That by so doing he might be delivered from death; and for the sake of their old friendship with the man, they did him this courtesy.
Ut hoc fac, ab morte libera: et propter veteri viros amicitia, hoc in eo fac humanitate.