Fervente itaque tot malorum congerie, repente cum fragore caelesti, imbres nubibus atris effusi, dispersere circumfrementium globos, reversique ad vallum dimensum tereti figura plaustrorum, immanes spiritus latius porrigentes, iubebant nostris per minaces litteras et legatum dedere civitatem, fide retinendae salutis accepta.
Now, while this accumulation of misfortunes was raging, suddenly with peals of thunder rain poured from the black clouds and scattered the hordes roaring around the city; but they returned to the circular rampart formed by their wagons, and carried their measureless arrogance so far as to send an envoy with a threatening letter, ordering our men to surrender the city on receiving a pledge that their lives would be spared.
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