Ergo nec ardentes clipeos vectare nec artos thoracum nexus (tantum sitis horrida torret) () sufficiunt; non ora modo angustisque perusti faucibus, interior sed vis quatit: aspera pulsu corda, gelant venae et siccis cruor aeger adhaeret visceribus; tunc sole putris, tunc pulvere tellus exhalat calidam nubem.
Therefore no longer do they have strength to carry hot shields or the tight fabric of corselets; so harsh thirst parches them. Not only are their mouths and constricted throats burnt up, an inner force convulses them. Their hearts beat roughly, their veins congeal, tainted blood clings to their dry vitals. Then the earth, friable with sun and dust(?),  breathes out hot vapour.
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