tum celer in pugnam dorso delatus ab alto alipedem planta currum premit atquc volanti assilit a tergo: cecidere et lora repente et stimuli; ferrumque super cervice tremiscens palluit infelix subducto sanguine Maurus.
Then quickly dismounting from his tall horse to fight, he followed the flying chariot on foot, and sprang upon it from behind as it sped on. Reins and whip were dropped in a moment; and the ill-fated Moor lost courage and turned pale, dreading the sword that hung over his neck.
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