hic paulo ante puer, sed enim maturius aevo robur, et ingentes spondet tener impetus annos, quem vinci haud quisquam saevo neque sanguine tingi malit, ut erecto timeant spectacula voto.
The other was a boy not long ago, but his strength is riper than his years and youthful impulse gives promise of a great future. None would wish to see him worsted or cruelly bloodied, so that  they fear the spectacle in prayerful expectancy.
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