sed non et consul misso concredere telo fortunam optatae caedis parat ac latus ense haurit; nec crudae tardarunt tegmina parmae.
The consul, unlike his rival, was not willing to trust to his spear for success in the victory he desired: he stabbed Sychaeus in the body with his sword; and the round shield of raw leather failed to stop it.
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