huc Hennaea cohors, Triquetris quam miserat oris rex, Arethusa, tuus, defendere nescia morti dedecus et mentem nimio mutata pavore, certatim sese tulit ascendensque vicissim pressit nutantes incerto pondere ramos.
Hither flew in haste men of Henna, whom the king of Arethusa had sent from Sicily; they knew not how to preserve death from disgrace, and they were mad with terror. One after another they climbed aloft and bent the swaying branches with their shifting weight.
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