THE GBOWTH OF A MYTH

299 work. The breaching of the walls was steadily going on at three places, but the damages were greatest in the Lycns valley. There, indeed, all the force of the enemy seemed now to have been concentrated. There, especially, was the big bombard, throwing its ball of twelve hundred pounds weight which, when it struck the wall, shook it and sent a tremor through the whole city, so that even on the ships in the harbour it could be felt. 1 1 Barbaro, under May 20.