et simul exstructis caespes surrexerat aris; victimaque admotae stabat subiecta bipenni, cum subito abruptis fugiens altaria taurus exsiluit vinclis mugituque excita late implevit tecta et, fremitu suspiria rauco congeminans, trepida terrorem sparsit in aula.
At once an altar of turf was reared high, and a bull was standing beneath the descending axe, when suddenly the victim burst its bonds and sprang away in flight from the altar, filling all the startled palace with its bellowing, and spreading terror among the dismayed attendants by its constant panting and hoarse roaring.
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