non ausae transmittere protinus alae hostilem fluvium; forte et trepidantibus ingens descendebat agris, animos sive imbrifer arcus, seu montana dedit nubes, seu fluminis illa mens fuit obiectusque vado pater arma vetabat.
The squadrons dared not ford the hostile river forthwith; as it happened he was coming down in spate through the affrighted fields. Did rainbow or mountain cloud give him courage or was it the streams own purpose and did the father  interpose his waters forbidding their arms?
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