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Question 1

ad hunc se confestim a Pullone omnis multitudo convertit;

Answer 1

To this man immediately the whole crowd turned themselves from Pullo;

Question 2

illum veruto arbitrantur occisum.

Answer 2

they thought that he had been killed by the spear.

Question 3

gladio comminus rem gerit Vorenus

Answer 3

Vorenus managed the situation at close quarters with his sword

Question 4

atque uno interfecto reliquos paulum propellit:

Answer 4

and, having killed one, drove the rest back a little:

Question 5

dum cupidius instat, in locum deiectus inferiorem concidit.

Answer 5

while he was pressing on too eagerly, he was thrown down and fell into a lower place.

Question 6

huic rursus circumvento fert subsidium Pullo,

Answer 6

To this man, when he was surrounded, Pullo again brought aid,

Question 7

atque ambo incolumes compluribus interfectis summa cum laude sese intra munitiones recipiunt.

Answer 7

and both men, with several having been killed, retreated safely within the fortifications with the highest praise.

Question 8

sic fortuna in contentione et certamine utrumque versavit,

Answer 8

Thus fortune dealt with each man in the contest and competition,

Question 9

ut alter alteri inimicus auxilio salutique esset,

Answer 9

so that one enemy was a help and safety to the other,

Question 10

neque diiudicari posset, uter utri virtute anteferendus videretur.

Answer 10

and it could not be decided which seemed worthy to be preferred in courage to the other.