sed vos, quorum oculos atque ora humentia vidi, vertere cum consul terga et remeare iuberet, ne morem et pugnae signum expectate petendae; dux sibi quisque viam rapito, cum spargere primis incipiet radiis Gargana cacumina Phoebus.
But you, my men, whose faces I saw wet with tears when Paulus ordered you to turn your backs in retreat, break with custom and anticipate the word of command for battle: let each man be his own commander and rush to action as soon as the first rays of the sun are thrown on the summit of Mount Garganus.
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