insuper oppidum duplex pars interluit Padi, [certa] pars alluit; qui ab alveo principali molium publicarum discerptus obiectu et per easdem derivatis tramitibus exhaustus sic dividua fluenta partitur ut praebeant moenibus circumfusa praesidium, infusa commercium.
Moreover, one branch of the Padus flows through this double town, another flows by it; for the river is diverted from its main bed by the intervention of the city embankments, along whose course are various branch channels which draw off more and more of the stream. The effect of this division is that the waters which encircle the walls provide protection, while those which flow into the town bring commerce.
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