iam patulis vasto sub vulnere faucibus ater tabificam expirat saniem specus; ultima iamque ingestis cauda et iaculis et pondere conti haeret humi; lassoque tamen minitatur hiatu; donec tormentis stridens magnoque fragore discussit trabs acta caput, longoque resolvens aggere se ripae tandem exhalavit in auras liventem nebulam fugientis ab ore veneni.
Now the dark pit of the gaping wound sent forth a poisonous slaver from the open jaws; and now the end of the tail was held fast to the ground by showers of darts and heavy poles; and still he threatened feebly with open mouth. At last a beam, discharged from an engine with a loud hissing sound, shattered his head; and the body lay at last relaxed far along the raised bank, and discharged into the air a dark vapour of poison that escaped from its mouth.
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