illa per oras aerati clipei et loricae tegmina summo incidit haud felix umero parceque petitum perstrinxit corpus nec multo tincta cruore, vana sed optanti promisit gaudia Poeno.
His too great haste failed of success: passing through the border of the brazen shield and through the breastplate, it grazed the point of the shoulder; but it drew little blood, and the wound was slight. The triumph which it promised to Hasdrubals prayer was not granted.
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