verum ubi tot sese circumfundentibus armis vallatas socium portas unaque negari intravisse sibi Capuaeque erumpere cernit, anxius eventus, nunc ferro frangere coetum obstantum meditatur, init nunc avia coepto consilia atque astu quaerit tot milia portis abstrahere artatis cinctosque resolvere muros.
But now, when he saw himself surrounded by so many armies, and the city of his alliesc blockaded, so that it was impossible either for him to enter or for the Capuans to sally forth, he was troubled for the issue. At one time he thought of shattering every obstacle with the sword; or again he might swerve from his present purpose, and devise some stratagem to draw that great host away from the closed gates and set free the beleaguered city.
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