tunc rite citatos explorant acuuntque gradus, variasque per artes instimulant docto languentia membra tumultu: poplite nunc sidunt flexo, nunc lubrica forti pectora collidunt plausu, nunc ignea tollunt crura brevemque fugam necopino fine reponunt.
Then they duly set their steps in motion, testing and sharpening, and by various devices arouse their languid limbs to artificial commotion; now they sink on bended knee, now vigorously slap their slippery chests with flat of hand, now lift ardent legs, laying a brief sprint to rest with a sudden stop.
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