Abire cum gloria poterant, si umquam temeritas felix inveniret modum; sed dum supervenientes contemptim et superbe quoque exspectant, circumventi ab eis qui  occulti enaverant eminus obruti telis sunt.
They might have come off with glory if successful rashness were ever capable of moderation; but while they were awaiting contemptuously and even haughtily those who were coming against them, they were surrounded by those who had secretly swum out and were overwhelmed  by weapons hurled at long range.
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