hic aggere saeptus in tempus posita ad renovandum bella coquebat: abditus ut silva, stabulis cum cessit ademptis, amisso taurus regno gregis avia clauso molitur saltu certamina, iamque feroci mugitu nemora exterret perque ardua cursu saxa ruit; sternit silvas rupesque lacessit irato rabidus cornu; tremit omnis ab alto prospectans scopulo pastor nova bella parantem.
Here, behind his ramparts, he nursed plans for renewing the war which for the time he had abandoned. So a bull, when driven from his stall and deprived of his mastery over the herd, hides in the forest and prepares for conflict in a secret distant glade: his fierce bellowing terrifies the woods; he rushes on over steep hills; he knocks down trees and assaults the rocks with the fury of his angry horns; and every herdsman trembles, when from some high cliff he sees him preparing to renew the strife.
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