Substringebat caput loro altius quam ut prioribus pedibus plene terram posset attingere, deinde post verberibus cogebat exsultare et calces remittere; qui motus non minus sudorem excutiebat, quam si in spatio decurreret.
He drew up its head with a thong so high that it could not quite touch the ground with its forefeet, and then forced it by blows of a whip to bound and kick out behind, an exercise which produced no less sweat than running on a racecourse. The result was that, to the surprise of all, the animals were led out of the fortress after a siege of several months in as good condition as if he had kept them in pasture.
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