ABSTRACT
ALTHOUGH it is just as inauspicious as it is rash for a cavalryman or infantryman in armour to venture to swim a stream, yet, since the Götar intended to apply every moment to perfecting their expertise as soldiers, they left no exercise untried that was likely to improve their military quality. Therefore they became so completely knowledgeable in the skill and practice of swimming that, frequently burdened with their arms and armour and riding on horses, they would swim long reaches of rivers between enemy armies, either to stand up to them or to make their escape.1
