nunc vibrat, nunc comprimit hastam mentiturque minas; mediam tunc transiit ictu parmam, sed grato fraudata est sanguine cuspis.
Now he brandished his spear, and again he checked it, and made a feint of striking; at last he pierced Taureas shield through the centre, but the point was cheated of the blood it coveted.
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