Felix no sooner saw the blood than he fainted.

He quickly recovered, but he could not endure the sight of the spears, which were removed and hidden from his view.

He had seen blood enough spilt at the siege of Iwis, but this came upon him in all its horror unrelieved by the excitement of war.
The two shepherds had been dogged by gipsies, and had been obliged to make a round to escape.

They took their revenge by climbing into trees, and as their pursuers passed under thrust them through with their long spears.

The shepherds, like all their related tribes, had been at feud with the gipsies for many generations.