ille nec ingestis nec terga sequentibus umquam detrahitur telis, vacuoque sub are pendens plana velut terra certus vestigia figat, tendit et ingenti subit occurrente ruina: amnis ut incumbens longaevi robora pontis assiduis oppugnat aquis; iam saxa fatiscunt emotaeque trabes: tanto violentior ille (sentit enim) maiore salo quassatque trahitque molem aegram, nexus donec celer alveus omnes abscidit et cursu victor respirat aperto.
No missiles flung upon him from above or following his back bring him down; poised in the empty air, as though he were planting firm and level steps on earth, upwards he goes in the face of a mighty avalanche. So a river pressing upon the timbers of an ancient bridge batters it with ceaseless waters; already stones show gaps and beams are dislodged; all the more violently does the river (for he knows) shake and pull the faltering mass in mightier surge until the swift channel has severed all the joints and victoriously takes breath in open course.
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