subsidens paulum perfossa proruit alvo Albanum Critias (ast illi cuncta repente implerunt clipeum miserando viscera lapsu), Eumachus inde Capyn; sed tota mole tenebat ceu fixum membris tegimen; tamen improbus ensis annexam parmae decidit vulnere laevam, inque suo pressa est non reddens tegmina nisu infelix manus atque haesit labentibus armis.
Critias, crouching down a moment, stabbed Albanus in the belly and overthrew him; and at once his bowels all gushed out and filled his shield'a piteous sight. Next Eumachus attacked Capys; and though he clutched his shield with all his strength as though it were fastened to his body, yet a cruel sword-cut lopped off the left arm as it clung to the shield; and the luckless hand, refusing to surrender the buckler, still kept its grip and clung to the armour as it fell.
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