Hic primus labor incohare sulcos et rescindere limites et alto egestu penitus cavare terras; mox haustas aliter replere fossas et summo gremium parare dorso, ne nutent sola, ne maligna sedes <d>et pressis dubium cubile saxis; tunc umbonibus hinc et hinc coactis et crebris iter alligare gomfis.
The first task here was to start on furrows and cut out borders and hollow out the earth far down with a deep excavation. Next, to fill the trenches they dug with other material and prepare a basin for the raised spine, so that the foundations do not wobble nor a niggardly bottom offer a treacherous bed for the packed stones. After that, to knit the road with blocks close set on either side and with frequent wedges.
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