ictus ut incerto pastoris vulnere serpens erigitur gyro longumque e corpore toto virus in ora legit; paulum si devius hostis torsit iter, cecidere minae tumefactaque frustra colla sedent, irasque sui bibit ipse veneni.
As a snake struck at random by a shepherd rises up in a coil and gathers length of poison from his whole body into his mouth, but if his enemy slants his steps away a little, the threats subside, the neck that swelled to no purpose settles down, and he drinks the wrath of his own venom.
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