and lest the enemy, who showed themselves in detached parties on the opposite plains, should be able to obstruct the building of a bridge over the river, he ordered a number of vessels of large size to be braced together with great beams, and on that foundation raised a superstructure of towers armed with slings and warlike engines.
eta zaldizko aldra etsaiek zubigintza eragotz ez zezaten (inguruko lautadetan arranditsu lasterka ari baitziren), ibaian zehar tamaina izugarriko untziak joanarazten ditu, habeekin bat eginik eta dorreekin handiturik, eta katapultaz eta baleztaz barbaroak desegiten ditu;