Ille ut fugam suorum et proximos hostium conspexit, deponi se iussit; expertusque membra an impetum  animi sequi possent, postquam deficere sensit, poplitibus semet excepit, galeaque strenue sumpta, clipeo protegens corpus, hastam dextera vibrabat, ultro provocans hostem, si quis iacenti spolia demere  auderet.
He, when he saw the flight of his men and the foremost of the enemy, gave orders to be put down, and having tried whether his limbs could follow the  desire of his spirit, and feeling that they failed him. he sank upon his knees, and quickly putting on his helmet, and protecting his body with his shield, he brandished a spear in his right hand, actually challenging anyone who would dare to despoil him as he lay  there.
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