sed postquam superas captum perduxit ad auras atque avido fixum vulnus ab ore tulit, parce, precor supplex lacrimis ita dixit obortis; nam quanta ex nostro corpore dona feres? nunc me saxosis genetrix fecunda sub antris fudit et in propriis ludere iussit aquis.
But after he had brought his catch up into the air and the fish had been pierced with a wound through its hungry mouth, in entreaty amid starting tears it said, Have mercy, I pray you; for how much gain will you derive from my flesh? Just now has a fertile mother spawned me neath the rocky caves, and bidden me disport myself in our own waters.
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