Est autem et aliud genus testudinis, quod reliqua omnia habet, quemadmodum quae supra scripta sunt, praeter capreolos, sed habet circa pluteum et pinnas ex tabulis et superne subgrundas proclinatas, supraque tabulis et coriis firmiter fixis continentur.
There is also another kind of tortoise which has everything in the manner above described except the rafters. Instead it has a parapet and battlements made of boards with sloping eaves above; these are held together by boards and skins securely fixed.
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