stant lecti circum iuvenes; ipse aeger anhelans colla fovet fusus propexam in pectora barbam; multa super Lauso rogitat, multumque remittit qui revocent maestique ferant mandata parentis.
Chosen men stand round; he himself, sick and panting, eases his neck, while over his chest streams his flowing beard. Many a time he asks for Lausus, and many a time he sends messengers to recall him, and convey the orders of his grieving father.