nec solos vis illa viros, quin saepe triremem belligerae rapuere trabes, cum desuper actum incuterent puppi chalybem morsusque tenaces.
Nor did this engine of war catch up men only: it often hoisted up a war-ship, when it struck the vessel from above with the descending steel of its unyielding jaws.
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