vim primi sensere canes; mox nubibus atris fluxit deficiens penna labente volucris; inde ferae silvis sterni; tum serpere labes Tartarea atque haustis populari castra maniplis.
The dogs were first to feel the mischief; next the birds flagged in their flight and dropped down from the black clouds; and then the beasts of the forest were laid low. Soon the infernal plague spread further, depopulating the camp and devouring the soldiers.
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