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VERGILI AENEIS XII. 271<br />
Ecce autem flammis inter tabulata volutus<br />
Ad caelum undabat vertex, turrimque tenebat,<br />
TUl'l'im, eompactis trabibus quam eduxerat ipse,<br />
Subdi<strong>de</strong>ratque rotas, pontcsque instraverat altos. 615<br />
" Jam jam fata, soror, superant; ahsiste morari j<br />
Quo <strong>de</strong>us et quo elura vocat Fortuna, sequamur.<br />
Stat eonferre manum Aeneae, stat, quielquid aeerbi est,<br />
Morte pati; noque me in<strong>de</strong>corem, gennana, vi<strong>de</strong>bis<br />
Amplius. Hune, oro, sine me furere ante furorem." 680<br />
Dixit, et e CUJ'I'U saltum <strong>de</strong>dit ocius arvis,<br />
Pm'que bostes, per tela 1'uit, maestamque so1'orem<br />
Deserit, ae 1'apido cursu media agmina l'Umpit.<br />
Ac vel uti montis saxnl11 <strong>de</strong> vertice praeceps<br />
Quum wit, avnlsum vento, seu turbidllS imber 685<br />
Proluit, aut anuis solvit sublapsa vetustas ;<br />
Fertur in abruptum magno mons improbus actu,<br />
Exsultatque solo, silvas, armenta, virosque<br />
Involvens secum: disjecta per agmina 'l'urnus<br />
Sic urbis ruit ad muros, ubi plurima fuso 690<br />
Sanguine terra mudct, striduntque bastilibus aurae;<br />
Significatque manu, et magno simul incipit ore:<br />
" Parcite jam, Rutuli, et vas tela inhibete, Latini:<br />
Quaecllmque est Fortuna, mea est; me verius unum<br />
Pro vobis foedus luere, ef. <strong>de</strong>cerncre ferro." 695<br />
Discessere omnes meelii, spatiumquc <strong>de</strong><strong>de</strong>re.<br />
At pater Aeneas, audito nomine 'I'urni,<br />
Deserit et muros, et sum mas <strong>de</strong>serit arces,<br />
Pmeeipitatque moras omnes, opera omnia rump it,<br />
Laetitia exsultan , borrendumque intonat armis: 100<br />
Qllantus Athas, aut quantus Eryx, aut ipse, comscis<br />
Quum fremit ilicibus, quantlls, gau<strong>de</strong>tque nivali<br />
V crtice se atwllens pater Appenninus ad auras.<br />
Jam vera et R utul i certati III ct Troes et om nes<br />
Convertere ocnlos !tali, quiqlle alta tenebant 105<br />
MOenia, quique i]1)OS pulsabant ariete muros,<br />
Armaque <strong>de</strong>posucre hUlllel'is. Stupet ipse Latinus,<br />
Ingeote , g"rnitos dil'ersis pm'tibus orbis,<br />
Inter f..(' ("oiisse viros et tcrnel'e f('1'I'0.
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