Illita erat turris bitumine ac sulphure, in qua alis haerentibus, frustra se allevare conatus a circumstantibus capitur.
The tower had been smeared with bitumen and sulphur, in which the birds wings stuck fast, and after vainly trying to fly away it was caught by the bystanders.
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