Verum introire non auso, qui missus est, per Christianum quendam portatis scriptis et recitatis, utque decebat contemptis, parandis operibus diei residuum et nox omnis absumpta.
The messenger did not dare to enter the city, and the letter was delivered by a certain Christian and read: but it was scorned, as was fitting, and the rest of the day and the whole night were spent in preparing defensive works.
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