ille vagam caelo demisit saepe volucrem; ille procul campo linquentem retia cervum vulnere sistebat; rueretque inopina sub ictu ante fera incauto, quam sibila poneret arcus.
oft did he bring down from the sky the wandering bird; from a distance he would strike and stay the stag that was escaping from the nets along the plain; and the beast would collapse, surprised by a blow unforeseen, before the bow had ceased to twang.
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