Maerebat tamen ob haec imperator et miles, quod nec contabulandi pontis erat facultas, amissis navibus temere, nec occurri poterat hostis adventicii motibus, quem adesse coruscus nitor indicabat armorum, arte pro singulis membris inflexus.
Yet the emperor and the soldiers were troubled for this reason'that since the ships had been rashly destroyed, there was no means of making a bridge; and the movements of the advancing enemy could not be halted, whose approach was shown by the bright gleam of their armour, which skilfully fitted every limb.
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