Cum ibi magna vis aquae, luti, stercoris nocte profusa fuisset, postero die helepolis accedens, antequam adpropinquaret ad murum, in umido voragine facta consedit nec progredi nec egredi postea potuit.
After a great amount of water, mud, sewage, had been poured down overnight, the next day the siege engine came along; and before it drew up to the wall, it was engulfed in the wet ground and stuck nor could it get on or get out.
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