Clamour, consisting of the various voices of the assailants and the terrified, mixed with the crying of women and children, fills every place.

The soldiers being in an instant beaten off from the walls, and the gates being thrown open, some entering in bodies, others scaling the deserted walls, the city become filled with enemies, fighting takes place in every quarter.

Then, much slaughter being now made, the ardour of the fight abates; and the dictator commands the heralds to proclaim that the unarmed should be spared.

This put an end to bloodshed.

Then laying down their arms, they commenced to surrender; and, by permission of the dictator, the soldiers disperse in quest of plunder.