#paene in foveam dēcidī, nī hīc adessēs#, Pl. _Per._ 594, _I had almost
fallen into a snare, unless you were here_. #nec vēnī, nisi fāta locum
sēdemque dedissent#, V. 11, 112, _nor had I come, unless the fates a
place and seat had given_. #pōns sublicius iter paene hostibus dedit, nī
ūnus vir fuisset Horātius Cocles#, L. 2, 10, 2, _the pile-bridge all but
gave a path to the enemy, had it not been for one heroic soul, Horatius
Cocles_.