Hundreds of workmen were to labor for years on constructing the Syracusia out of beams of pine  and fir from Mount Etna, ropes from hemp grown in Spain, and pitch from France.
Iam trabalhar centenas de operários,  durante anos, para construir o Siracusa com toros de pinho  e abeto do Monte Etna, cordas de cânhamo vindas de Espanha, e pez vindo de França.