[443] Gradibus of the ladders, not, as Cerda thought, of the doors. ‘Clipeos —obiiciunt’ describes the ‘testudo.’ For ‘ad tela’ Med., Gud., and others give ‘ac tela,’ a reading mentioned by Serv., but rightly rejected by him, and evidently due to ‘ac tecta’ v. 445. A different error, ‘ad tecta,’ has crept into some copies.
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