at clipeum, tot ferri terga, tot aeris, quem pellis totiens obeat circumdata tauri, vibranti cuspis medium transverberat ictu loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens.
and with quivering stroke the point tears through the centre of the shield, with all its plates of iron, all its plates of bronze, all the bull hides overlaying folds; then pierces the corslets barrier and the mighty breast.