sic Poenus pressumque ira simul exigit ensem, qua capuli statuere morae, teloque relato horrida labentis perfunditur arma cruore.
Thus Hannibal spoke; and at the same time, clutching his sword in fury, he drove it home till the hilt stopped it; then he drew back the weapon, and his dread armour was drenched with the blood of the dying man.
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