ille ensem nobis magnorum hunc instar honorum virtutisque ergo dedit et, sordentia fumo quae cernis nunc, frena, sed est argenteus ollis fulgor; nec cuiquam Marus est post talia dona non praelatus eques.
He gave me this sword for valour'an honour second to none'and the bridle which you see now blackened by smoke, though the sheen of the silver still remains; and, when Marus had received such gifts, there was no horseman who took precedence of him.
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