tum super ipse lacus, densam caligine caeca exhalans nebulam, late corruperat omnem prospectum miseris, atque atrae noctis amictu squalebat pressum picea inter nubila caelum.
Then, in addition, the lake itself breathed forth a black and blinding mist, so that the doomed army could see nothing on any side; and the sky, hidden beneath nights dark robe, was gloomy with pitch-black clouds.
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