castra levi calamo cannaque intecta palustri, qualia Maurus amat dispersa mapalia pastor, aggreditur, furtum armorum tutantibus umbris, ac tacita spargit celata incendia nocte.
As the enemys tents were wattled with light rushes and reeds from the marshes, like the lonely cabins dear to the Moorish herdsman, Scipio attacked the camp while darkness concealed his stratagem, and in the silence of night scattered fire-brands undetected.
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