At contra conferre manu certamina pugnae et lacerare artus foedareque membra cruore ante fuit multo quam lucida tela volarent, et volnus vitare prius natura coegit quam daret obiectum parmai laeva per artem.
But contrariwise there was fighting hand to hand in the strife of battle, and tearing of limbs and polluting of bodies with blood, long before flashing shafts went flying; and nature taught men to avoid a wound before the left arm provided the interposition of a shield by artifice.
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