A few cried out that they were about to perish; he snatched their arms from them, and gave them to the serving-men.

Nevertheless the mud became deeper and deeper.

Some had to mount the beasts of burden; others clung to the horses' tails; the sturdy pulled the weak, and the Ligurian corps drove on the infantry with the points of their pikes.

The darkness increased.
They had lost their way.

All stopped.
Then some of the Suffet's slaves went on ahead to look for the buoys which had been placed at intervals by his order.