ille tamen clipeo obiecto conversus in hostem ibat et auxilium ducto mucrone petebat, cum rota praecipitem et procursu concitus axis impulit effunditque solo, Turnusque secutus imam inter galeam summi thoracis et oras abstulit ense caput truncumque reliquit harenae.
Yet he, with his shield before him, turned and was making for his foe, seeking aid from his drawn sword, when the wheel and axle, whirling onward, struck him headlong and flung him to the ground, and Turnus, following, with sweepof blade between the helmets lowest rim and the breastplates upper edge, struck off his head, and left the body on the sand.
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