Otto Steele, the Courland commander of Fort St. André, unable to discern whether friend or foe was approaching, fired upon the frigate.
Otto Steele, le commandant courlandais du fort Saint-André, incapable de discerner si un ami ou un ennemi approchait, a tiré sur la frégate.
A half-hearted friend in the citadel is more to be dreaded than a foe without.
Un ami tiède dans la citadelle est plus à craindre qu’un ennemi au-dehors.
Cold, therefore, is a foe which has to be fought and kept away from the household.
Le froid est donc un ennemi qu’il faut combattre et tenir à l’écart du foyer.
To turn no man from his door who sought food or shelter, even though he were a foe.
Ne repousser de sa porte aucun homme cherchant de la nourriture ou un abri, même s’il est un ennemi.