vix illud lecti bis sex cervice subirent, qualia nunc hominum producit corpora tellus; ille manu raptum trepida torquebat in hostem altior insurgens et cursu concitus heros.
Twice six chosen men could scarce lift it on their shoulders, men of such frames as earth now produces: but the hero, with hurried grasp, seized and hurled it at his foe, rising to his height and at swiftest speed.