subit horrida mentem formido incerti casus, tacitusque pererrat intima corda pavor, si fors ita Martis iniqui mox ferat, hac ipsis inimica sede iacendum.
They felt a dreadful apprehension of the uncertain future, and an unspoken fear invaded their inmost hearts, that, if the fortune of war turned against them later, they themselves must lie in this unfriendly earth.
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