Ac primo quidem armis suis tecti exceperant, sed iam nec retinere arma lubrica rigentes manus poterant nec ipsi destinare in quam regionem obverterent corpora, cum undique tempestatis violentia maior quam vitabatur  occurreret.
At first indeed they had received the hail successfully on the cover afforded by their shields, but finally their stiffened hands could no longer hold their slippery weapons, nor could they themselves determine in what direction to turn their bodies, since on every side greater violence of the storm met them than that which they were trying to  avoid.
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