ut praeceps cumulo salit unda minantes in scopulos et fracta redit, sic ille furentem circumit expugnans; levat ecce diuque minatur in latus inque oculos, illum rigida arma caventem avocat ac manibus necopinum interserit ictum callidus et mediam designat vulnere frontem: iam cruor, et tepido signantur tempora rivo.
As a wave gathers and leaps in a rush at threatening rocks, then returns broken, so he circles his angry adversary, storming his defence. See, he raises his rigid weapons,  long he threatens, the side, the eyes. As the other guards against them, he distracts him and cunningly slips in a sudden blow between his hands, marking the middle of his brow with a gash; now there is blood, a warm stream stains the temples.
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