Tum ita subigendum, ut minutatim assuefaciant et ut tironem cum veterano adiungant (imitando enim facilius domatur), et primum in aequo loco et sine aratro, tum eo levi, principio per harenam aut molliorem terram.
This breaking should consist in letting them grow accustomed to the work gradually, in yoking the raw ox to a broken one (for the training by imitation is easier), and in driving them first on level ground without a plough, then with a light one, and at first in sandy or rather light soil.
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