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176 VERGILI .A.ENEIS VIII.<br />
Fama volat parvam subito vulgata per Ul'bem,<br />
Ocius ire equites Tyrrheni ad litora regis. 555<br />
Vota metu duplicant mah'es, propiusque periclo<br />
It timor, et major Martis jam apparet imago.<br />
Tum pater Evandrus, <strong>de</strong>xtram complexus euntis,<br />
Haeret, inexpletus lacrimans, ae talia fatur:<br />
" 0 mihi praeteritos refel'at S1 Jupiter annos, 560<br />
Qualis eram, quum pl'imam aciem Praeneste sub ipsa<br />
8travi scutorumque incendi victor acervos,<br />
Et regem hac Erulum <strong>de</strong>xtra sub Tartara misi,<br />
N ascenti cui tres animas Feronia mater<br />
(Horrendum dictu!) <strong>de</strong><strong>de</strong>rat, terna arma movenda; 565<br />
'1'er Leto steruendus erat; cui tum tamen omnes<br />
Abstulit haec animas <strong>de</strong>xtra et toti<strong>de</strong>m exuit armis:<br />
Non ego nunc dulci amplexu divellerer usquam,<br />
Nate, tuo, neque Jinitimus Mezentius umquam<br />
Huic capiti insultans, tot ferro saeva <strong>de</strong>disset 510<br />
Funera, tam muWs viduasset civibus urbem.<br />
At vos, 0 superi, et divum tu maxime rector<br />
Jupiter, Arcadii, quaeso, miserescite regis,<br />
Et patrias audite preees: 8i numina vestra<br />
Incolumem Pallanta mihi, si fata reservant, 575<br />
Si visurus eum vivo et venturus in unum:<br />
Vitam oro j patior quemvis durare laborem.<br />
Sin aliquel11 infandum casum, Fortuna, minaris:<br />
Nunc, 0 nUllC liceat crudclem abrumpcre vitam,<br />
Dum eurae ambiguae, dum spes incerta futuri, 580<br />
Dum te, care puer, mea sera et sola voluptas,<br />
Complex u leneo; gravioT neu nuntius aures<br />
Vulueret." Haec genitor digressu dicta supremo<br />
Fuuc1ebat; famuli colhp urn in tecta ferebaut.<br />
J amque a<strong>de</strong>o exiera t portis equitatus apertis, 585<br />
Aeuea ' inter primos et fidus Acha-tes,<br />
In<strong>de</strong> alii Trojac proceres; ipse ugminc Pallas<br />
In medio, chlumy<strong>de</strong> et pictb conspectus in armis:<br />
Qualis ubi Oceani perfusus Lucifer unda,<br />
Quem "Venus ante alios astrorum diligit ignes, 590<br />
Extulit os sacrum raelo tenebrasque resolvit.
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