pascitur adiutus Vulcanus turbine venti, gliscentemque trahens turris per viscera labem perque altam molem et totiens nascentia tecta, scandit ovans rapidusque vorat crepitantia flammis robora et, ingenti simul exundante vapore ad caelum, victor nutantia culmina lambit.
The fire, fed and strengthened by the wind, spread the growing peril through the interior of the tower; climbing triumphant up the lofty structure and its ten successive stories, it quickly devoured the crackling timbers, till the victorious flames licked the tottering summit, while a huge cloud of smoke spouted up to the sky.
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