aestus ac sitis invalescebant atque in profunda serenitate contra calorem sola quae tegeret nebula de pulvere; tum longinquitas viae per virens aequor campi patentis exposita visentibus, quippe ob hoc ipsum sero pransuris, ingemebatur; nam viaturos etsi nondum terebat labore, iam tamen expectatione terrebat.
heat and thirst were growing more intense, and in the boundless brightness the only cloud to give protection against the weather was one of dust. Moreover, the long road running through a green expanse of open plain and fully visible to the eye of the beholder made us groan, knowing as we did that it meant a late lunch for us; for although, with our journey still before us, it was not yet wearing us with toil, it was already worrying us with the prospect.
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