illa volans humerum rapido transverberat ictu conantis Dorylae, iunctis iam cornibus arcus, educti spatium nervi complente sagitta, excutere in ventos resoluto pollice ferrum.
On it flew and pierced with sudden blow the shoulder of Dorylas, as he strove to launch the steel into the air with loosened thumb'the ends of the bow already met, and the arrow filled the space left by the expanded string.
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