Ac primo impetum nostrorum pariter sustinuerunt: uno enim tempore et ex tectis aedificiorum propugnabant et litora armati defendebant, quo propter asperitatem loci non facilis nostris aditus dabatur, et scaphis navibusque longis quinque mobiliter et scienter angustias loci tuebantur.
At first the islanders held off our troops attack, simultaneously fighting back from the roofs of buildings, and with equal success defending the beaches with armed parties'and there the roughness of the ground did not afford our troops an easy approach'and guarding the narrow waters with pinnaces and five warships displaying both speed and skill.
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