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<strong>©Biblioteca</strong> <strong>Nacional</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Colombia</strong><br />

140 VERGILI AENEIS VII.<br />

Quam pater inventam, primas quum con<strong>de</strong>ret arces,<br />

Ipse ferebatur Phoebo sacrasse Latinus,<br />

Laurentesque ab ea nomen posuisse eolonis.<br />

Hujus apes summum donsao (mirabile dietu I),<br />

Stl'idore ingenti liquid urn trans aethera veetae, 65<br />

Obse<strong>de</strong>re apicem, et, pedibus per mutua nexis,<br />

Examen subitum ramo fron<strong>de</strong>ute pepeudit.<br />

Continuo vates "Externum eernimus" inquit<br />

" Ad ventare virum, et partes petere agmen eas<strong>de</strong>m<br />

Pal'tibus ex isl1em, et summa dominarier aree." 10<br />

Praeterea, eastis adolet dum altaria taedis,<br />

Ut juxta genitol'em adstat Lavinia virgo,<br />

Visa (ncfas I) longis eOllipren<strong>de</strong>ro crinibus ignem,<br />

Atque omnem ornatul11 flamma crepitante cremaI'i,<br />

Regalesque accensa comas, accensa coronam '15<br />

Insignem gemmis; tum fumida lumine fulvo<br />

Involvi, ac totis Vulcanum spargere teetis.<br />

Id vero horrendum ae visu mirabile ferri:<br />

N amque fore illustrem fama fatisque canebant<br />

Ipsam, sed populo magnum porten<strong>de</strong>re bellum. 80<br />

At rex sollicitus monstris, oraeula Fauni,<br />

Fatidici genitoris, adit, lueosque sub alta<br />

Oonsulit .A.lbunea, nemorum quae maxima saero<br />

Fonte son at, saevamque exhalat opaca mephitim.<br />

Hinc Italae gentes omnisque Oenotria tell us 85<br />

In dubiis responsa petunt. Hue dona sacerdos<br />

Quum tulit, et caesarum Qvium sub noete silenti<br />

Pellibus incubuit stratis, somnosque petivit,<br />

Multa modis simulacra vi<strong>de</strong>t volitantia mil'is,<br />

Et varias audit voces, fruiturque <strong>de</strong>ornm 90<br />

Colloquio, atque imis Acheronta alfatur A vernis.<br />

Hie et tum pater ipse petens responsa Latinus<br />

Centum lanigeras mactabat rite bi<strong>de</strong>ntes,<br />

Atque harum elfultus tergo stratisque jacebat<br />

Velleribus: subita ex alto vox reddita Iuco est: 95<br />

"Ne pete connubiis natam sociare Latiuis,<br />

o mea progenies, thalamis neu cre<strong>de</strong> paratis :<br />

Externi venient generi, qui sanguine nostrum<br />

Nomen in astra ferant, quorumque ab stirpe nepotes

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