ipse, fugam cupiens, notas evadere ad Alpes quaerebat terraeque ulnis amplexus utrisque haerebat Latiae, donec vis saeva profundo truderet et rapidis daret asportare procellis.
Eager to escape, he was fain to flee by his familiar path across the Alps, and clutched the soil of Italy with both arms; but the pressure of his enemies drove him at last to the sea and gave him to the stormy winds to carry off.
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