Sed cum haec ita essent, caderentque altrinsecus multi, ardebant magis oppugnatores, naturali situ et ingenti opere munitum oppidum ante brumale sidus excindere, rabiem regis non ante sedari posse credentes.
But in spite of all this, and though many fell on both sides, the besiegers were fired with the greater desire to destroy the town, defended though it was by its natural situation and by mighty works, before the winter season, believing that the kings rage could not be quieted until that was done.
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