nec levius Tadio letum: qua tegmine thorax multiplicis lini claudit latus, improba sensim, corpore non laeso, penetrarunt spicula dentis et sublime virum, clipeo resonante, tulerunt.
Nor had Tadius an easier death: where the corslet with its many folds of linen protected his body, the persistent point of a tusk bored its way in by degrees and then swung the man aloft unwounded, while his shield rang.
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