him the massy beam in the midst of his prayers, and delivers
himself thus: “He is sped: here is a better victim for the 15
mighty gods.” The Italians cluster round, and strip the
yet warm body. As Ebusus comes up and aims a blow,
Corynæus meets him with a brand half-burnt from the
altar and dashes the fire in his face: his long beard burst
into a blaze and made a smell of burning hair: the enemy 20
presses on, grasps in his left hand the locks of the wildered
man and with the impact of his knee pins him to earth;
then buries the stark falchion in his side. Podalirius