at Cato, tum prima sparsus lanugine malas, quod peperere decus Circaeo Tuscula dorso moenia, Lartae quondam regnata nepoti, quamquam tardatos turbata fronte Latinos collegisse gradum videt, imperterritus ipse ferrata calce atque effusa largus habena cunctantem impellebat equum.
But Cato,b on whose cheeks the down of manhood was just appearing, was undismayed. He was the pride of his native Tusculum, which lies on Circes height and was once ruled by the grandson of Lartes.c Though he saw that the Roman van was checked and had withdrawn in confusion, he drove on his hesitating steed with iron heel and freely loosened rein.
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