Vincla recusanti dedignantique iuvenco aspera mordaci subdere colla iugo rusticus obliqua succidens cornua falce credidit insanum defremuisse pecus, cautus et immenso cervicem innectit aratro (namque erat hic cornu promptior atque pede), scilicet ut longus prohiberet verbera temo neve ictus faciles ungula saeva daret.
There once was an ox that chafed at ropes and shirked submitting its rebellious neck to the grip of the yoke. The farmer cut its horns with a knife used slantwise and thought the frenzied animal had abated its rage. Carefully he fastened its neck to the weighty plough (for it was over-ready with horn and hoof), doubtless so that the long pole might obstruct any butting and that its cruel hoof might find it difficult to kick.
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