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<strong>©Biblioteca</strong> <strong>Nacional</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Colombia</strong><br />
256 VERGILI AENEIS XII.<br />
His agitur furiis, totoque ar<strong>de</strong>lltis ab ore<br />
Scintillae absistunt, ocuJis micat acribus iguis :<br />
Mugitus veluti quum pritllum in proelia taurus<br />
Terrificos ciet atque intsci in cornua tentat,<br />
Arboris obnixus trunco, ventosquc hLCessit<br />
Ictibus, aut sparsa ad pugnam proludit arena.<br />
Nee minus intcrea maternis saevus in armis<br />
Aeneas aeuit .Martem et se suseitat ira,<br />
Oblato gau<strong>de</strong>ns eomponi foe<strong>de</strong>re bellum.<br />
Tum soeios maestique mctum solatur Iuli,<br />
Fata docens, regique jubet responsa Latino<br />
Certa referre viros, et pacis dicere leges.<br />
Postera vix summos spargcbat lumine montes<br />
Orta dies, quum primum alto se gurgite tollunt<br />
Solis equi, lucemque e1ati::l naribus eillant:<br />
Campum ad certameu magnac sub moenibus urbis<br />
Dimensi Rutulique viri Teucrique pal'ahant,<br />
In medioque focos et dis communibu aras<br />
Grumineas. Alii fonLemque ignemque ferebant,<br />
Velati limo, et verbena tcmpora vineLi.<br />
Procedit legio Au ouidum, pilataque plenis<br />
Agmina se fundunt portis. Hinc Trolus omnis<br />
Tyrrhenusque ruit variis exercitus armis,<br />
Haud secus instructi ferro, quam i a peru Martis<br />
Pugua vocet. Nee non mediis in milibus ipsi<br />
Duetores auro volitant ostroque superbi,<br />
Et genu Assaraci Mnestheu::l, et fortis Asilas,<br />
Et 1fessapus equum domitor, Neptuuia proles.<br />
Utque, dato signa, spatia in sua quisque reeessit,<br />
Defigunt tellure hastas et scuta reclinant.<br />
Tum ·tudio eJIusae matre et vulgus inermum<br />
Im·alidique senes lunes et tecta domorum<br />
Obse<strong>de</strong>re, alii portis sublimiuu;:; au stant.<br />
105<br />
110<br />
At Juno e summa, qui nunc A.lbanus habetur,. 135<br />
(Tum neque nomen erat nec bonos aut gloria mantI,)<br />
Prospiciens tUlllulo campum a pectabat et aJl1bas
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