His ita ordinatis, ipse exitu simulato per Tigrim, quod iter etiam re cibaria de industria iusserat instrui, flexit dextrorsus, et quieta nocte emensa, mane iumentum quo veheretur ex usu poposcit, oblatusque ei equus Babylonius nomine, ictu torminum consternatus, dum dolorum impatiens volvitur, auro lapillisque ornamenta distincta conspersit.
After these arrangements had thus been made, he himself feigned a march across the Tigris, an expedition for which he had also ordered supplies to be carefully prepared, but then turned to the right and, after passing a quiet night, called next morning for the mount which he usually rode. And when the horse, called Babylonius, was brought to him, it was laid low by a missile from the artillery, and as it rolled on the ground in unbearable pain, it scattered about its ornaments, which were adorned with gold and precious stones.
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