at miser, audita victoris voce, trementem cunctantemque animam Stygia ceu sede reducens, cassidis a mento malefidae vincula rumpit iungebatque preces atque addere verba parabat.
Then, when he heard his conquerors voice, the poor wretch, recalling his life as it were from Hades in fear and trembling, tore from his chin the straps that bound his useless helmet, and asked for mercy at the same time.
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