[XCV (170)]
The important point of their resolution was that they would not admit a garrison or governor, and would not give up their constitution as established by law.
[XCV (177-179)]
He said that we should not let the enemy escape, or encourage their boldness by shirking a battle....
Conceiving a slight hope from the besieged garrison, he made the most of it....
Pretending warm friendship, he tried every manœuvre whereby he might promote the enemy’s interests, and surround us by the gravest perils....
[XCVI (182)]
As the rock caused them difficulty because they were obliged to bore a hole in it, they completed the mine which they were making by using wooden bolts.
[XCVII (183)]
He did not think it right to leave the war in Etruria, and give his attention to the cities in that part of the country. He feared that he should waste all the time, which was not very long to begin with, in less important details.