nec vero prima in tantis concursibus hasta ulla fuit: stridens nimbus certante furore telorum simul effusus, cupidaeque cruoris hinc atque hinc animae gemina cecidere procella; ac prius insanus dextra quam ducitur ensis, bellantum pars magna iacet.
Nor was any spear the first to be thrown in that mighty conflict: a hissing storm of missiles was discharged all at once with emulous rage; and men on both sides, eager for blood, were killed themselves by the cross-fire; and, even before the furious sword was drawn, a great number of the combatants lay low.
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