hic inter trepidos immane Quirinius audens, cui fugere ignotum atque invicta mente placebat rebus in adversis exceptum pectore letum, cuspide flammat equum ac dispergit gaesa lacerto, si reserare viam atque ad regem rumpere ferro detur iter; certusque necis petit omnibus ausis, quod nequeat sentire, decus.
And now Quirinius, to whom flight was a thing unknown, and whose dauntless heart chose death with wounds in front, when the battle went against them, showed mighty daring, while those around him trembled. He spurred his horse with his spear-point and hurled javelins with his strong arm, hoping to clear a passage and burst his way by the steel to Crixus. Assured of death, he sought with might and main the glory he could never hope to enjoy.
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