nec frustra rapidi, stimulante dolore, fuisset impetus, ablato ni Regulus arte regendi instantem elusisset equo rursusque secutum cornipedis gyros flexi curvamine tergi detortis laeva celer effugisset habenis.
Nor would the swift charge, prompted by his pain, have failed, had not Regulus, skilled horseman that he was, eluded the onset with wheeling steed, and then, when the serpent, with a bend of its supple back, once again followed the turning horse, pulled the rein with his left hand and soon got out of reach.
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