ille super talis effundit pectore voces: hanc tibi, Eryx, meliorem animam pro morte Daretis persolvo; hic victor caestus artemque repono.
Above it, he pours forth from his breast, these words, "This better life I offer you, Eryx, instead of the death of Dares; here victorious I lay down the gauntlet and my art!"