dira dehinc in bella ruit rapideque resolvens contortos orbes derecto corpore totam extendit molem subitoque propinquus in ora lato distantum spatio venit; omnis anhelat attonitus serpentis equus, frenoque teneri impatiens crebros expirat naribus ignes.
Then he began a fearsome conflict, quickly unwinding his coils and stretching his body out to its full length, till he reached in a moment the faces of men far away. All the horses snorted, in their terror of the serpent, refusing to obey the rein and breathing frequent fire from their nostrils.
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