3243. Earlier, too, when it had been said by someone near heaven about the aforementioned ones [3241] that they were not so many, he counted them, and finally he said they had only been about 20 or 23, when yet a huge multitude had been heard.
3243. Also previously, when it was said by a certain one near heaven, concerning the former [ones, who thundered], that they were not so numerous, he recounted them, and at length [found] that they had only been about 20 or 23 [in number], when so great a multitude was heard.
3243. Prius etiam a quodam circa coelum, cum diceretur de prioribus, quod non tam multi essent, recensebat eos, et tandem [dixit] quod solum fuissent circiter 20 vel 23, cum tam ingens multitudo audita.