tunc vero exanimes tradunt rapientibus ultro arma vadis: alii dimissa casside, quantum tendere conatus animae valuere sub undis, turpe latent; multi fluvium transmittere nando aggressi, sed vincla tenent laterique repugnat balteus et madidus deducit pectora thorax.
Then terrorstruck they let the sweeping torrent take their arms. Some let go their helmets  and basely hide so long as they can stretch their breathing under water. Many try to swim across the river, but ties hold them, the belt resists the side and the soaked corselet draws down the breast.
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