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As for what is within the camp, it is set apart for tents, but the
outward circumference hath the resemblance to a wall, and is adorned with
towers at equal distances, where between the towers stand the engines for
throwing arrows and darts, and for slinging stones, and where they lay
all other engines that can annoy the enemy, all ready for their several
operations. They also erect four gates, one at every side of the circumference,
and those large enough for the entrance of the beasts, and wide enough
for making excursions, if occasion should require. They divide the camp
within into streets, very conveniently, and place the tents of the commanders
in the middle; but in the very midst of all is the general's own tent,
in the nature of a temple, insomuch, that it appears to be a city built
on the sudden, with its market-place, and place for handicraft trades,
and with seats for the officers superior and inferior, where, if any differences
arise, their causes are heard and determined. The camp, and all that is
in it, is encompassed with a wall round about, and that sooner than one
would imagine, and this by the multitude and the skill of the laborers;
and, if occasion require, a trench is drawn round the whole, whose depth
is four cubits, and its breadth equal.
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