Ad ea visenda rex, nondum obducta vulneri cicatrice, processit, laudatisque militibus, admoveri machinas iussit, e quibus ingens vis telorum in propugnatores  effusa est.
To inspect these works the king went out before a scab had covered his wound, and after praising the soldiers he ordered them to push forward the siegeengines, from which a mighty mass of weapons was  poured upon the defenders.
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