Ac primo repurgari iter iubet quidquid ingredi possent, deinde, ut occurrebant inviae cotes praeruptaeque rupes, irritus labor  videbatur obstante Natura.
And first he ordered to be cleared whatever road they would be able to traverse; then, when impassable crags and precipices presented themselves, the labour seemed hopeless against the opposition  of Nature.
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