dic age nunc, utrum vigilanti hostemque videnti exuvias auferre velis, an lumina somno mergimus et domitum potius tibi tradimus anguem? ille silet; tanta subiit vi virginis horror.
Come tell me now, wouldst thou rob him of the fleece while he wakes and can see his foe, or shall I steep his eyes in drowse and so deliver unto thee the serpent subdued? The other is silent, such shuddering awe of the maiden has mastered him.
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