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They say that this Constantine was a pretty tough man in that he killed a lion, a very ferocious beast, in fighting it, while one (the dragon) was blocking an aqueduct with its bulk and overcoming many men with its stench, and he could find no other strategy, Constantine in front of them all gave himself to the danger, placing himself to be in conflict with the snake. And he made for himself a breastplate equipped with curved swords which he provided with the sharpest razors on every side, and he went down to the place where the very horrible snake was resting. Without any delay, he left his men and approached it alone.
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