Itaque humo late stagnante, altero die militi requie data, imperator ipse praegressus, constratis periculis multis ex utribus pro copia pontibus, itidemque navibus confectis e palmarum trabibus exercitum non sine difficultate traduxit.
Therefore, as the ground was covered far and wide with standing pools, the emperor gave the soldiers another day of rest, and went on himself; and after overcoming many dangers, he made such bridges as he could from bladders, as well as boats from the trunks of palm trees, and so got his army across, though not without difficulty.
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