Iam terra glaciale caput fecundaque nimbis tempora et austrifero nebulosam vertice frontem immitis condebat Hiems, blandisque salubre ver Zephyris tepido mulcebat rura sereno: prorumpit Capua Poenus vicinaque late praemisso terrore quatit: ceu condita bruma, dum Riphaea rigent Aquilonis flamine, tandem evolvit serpens arcano membra cubili et spondente die novus emicat atque coruscum fert caput et saniem sublatis faucibus efflat.
Unkindly Winter was now hiding in the earth his icy head, his temples fraught with storms, and his cloud-capped brow that towers aloft with menace of gales; and healthful Spring was cheering the land with her gentle zephyrs and clear warm weather. Then the Carthaginians burst forth from Capua with terror in their van, and harassed all the surrounding country. Thus the serpent hides away in winter while the Riphaeana mountains are frozen by the North-winds breath; but at last, when the season gives it confidence, it glides forth from its secret lair and glitters with a new skin, lifting up its shining head and breathing forth venom from its erected throat.
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