Ille ad omnes ictus expositus, non aegre tamen exceptum poplitibus corpus tuebatur, donec Indus duorum cubitorum sagittam'namque Indis, ut antea diximus, huius magnitudinis sagittae erant'ita excussit, ut per thoracem paulum super latus dextrum infigeret.
But although a mark for every shot, yet on his knees he had no difficulty in defending himself, until an Indian discharged an arrow two cubits long'for, as I have said, the Indi had arrows of that length'with so good an aim that it passed through his cuirass and was fixed in his body  a little above his right side.
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