Unknowing: they with keenest heed the prize
Mark, and in swooping rage each other tear
With bitterest conflict: so vociferous rush’d
The warriors on each other. Cygnus, then,
Aiming to slay the son of Jupiter
Unmatch’d in strength, against the buckler struck
His brazen lance, but through the metal plate
Broke not; the present of a god preserved.
On th’ other side he of Amphitryon named,
Strong Hercules, between the helm and shield