sed quam grata minus, tam miseranda magis.[1345]
...
iam tempus laceris post saeva incendia fundis
vel pastorales aedificare casas.[1346]
So terrible were the injuries inflicted that dumb objects seemed to urge him on when the violence of his lament abated:
Ipsi quin etiam fontes si mittere vocem
ipsaque si possent arbuta nostra loqui,
cessantem iustis poterant urgere querellis.[1346]
This is the description of the spectator after the event. More poignant are the words of those who actually suffered:
Nos autem tanta sub tempestate malorum