hasta volans, mirum dictu, medio incita campo substitit ante oculos et terrae infixa cohaesit: tum subitae frondes celsoque cacumine rami et latam spargens quercus, dum nascitur, umbram.
Marvellous to tell, the flying spear stopped in mid-course and rooted itself in the ground, plain for all to see; then leafage appeared in a moment and tall branches; and an oak-tree at the instant of its birth threw a spreading shade.
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