[499] 'All things, not only his good arrangements, were interpreted as good services,' so that to _non_ we have to supply _modo_. For the phrase _in virtutem trahere_, see chap. 85: _ducere in conscientiam_. [500] 'He was either himself endowed with a divine mind, or everything was revealed to him by divine inspiration.' [501] _Capsensium_; supply _res_, 'the undertaking against Capsa;' for the name of the inhabitants of a town is often used for that of the town itself. [502] 'For it was on all sides steep, as if made so by human hands, and purposely.' The accusative _omnia_ is to be taken adverbially, 'on all sides,' just as we frequently find _cetera_ and _reliqua_. See Zumpt, S 459. Other editions and inferior manuscripts have _per omnia_, _omni parte_, _omnis_, all of which are only attempts to explain the true reading. [503] 'For the fort contained a sufficient number of men, arms, and provisions.' This is the reading of the manuscripts; in modern editions _et_ is omitted, and the passage is given with the following punctuation: _nam castello virorum atque armorum satis, magna vis frumenti_, which seems indeed to be supported by the sense; but violates the rule, that when there are three nouns, the conjunction must either be used twice, or omitted altogether. [504] 'The road of the inhabitants of the castle;' that is, the only road which led up to the castle. [505] 'Do their work ;' namely, break through the wall.