Quippe longas et praegraves, nisi prius in terra statuerunt arcum, haud satis apte et commode imponunt, tum, humo lubrica et ob id impediente conatum, molientes  ictus celeritate hostium occupantur.
For since these were long and very heavy, they could not safely and conveniently fit them to the bow unless they first rested its end upon the earth, and as the ground was slippery and therefore interfered with attempting this, by the time they were ready to take aim they were overtaken  by the speed of the enemy.
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