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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber VIII 161<br />
Thybri pater! poscant acies et foedera rumpant.' 540<br />
Haec ubi dicta ded<strong>it</strong>, solio se toll<strong>it</strong> ab alto<br />
et primum Herculeis sop<strong>it</strong>as ignibus aras<br />
exc<strong>it</strong>at, hesternumque larem paruosque penatis<br />
laetus ad<strong>it</strong>; mactat lectas de more bidentis<br />
Euandrus par<strong>it</strong>er, par<strong>it</strong>er Troiana iuuentus. 545<br />
post hinc ad nauis grad<strong>it</strong>ur sociosque reuis<strong>it</strong>,<br />
quorum de numero qui sese in bella sequantur<br />
praestantis uirtute leg<strong>it</strong>; pars cetera prona<br />
fertur aqua segnisque secundo deflu<strong>it</strong> amni,<br />
nuntia uentura Ascanio rerumque patrisque. 550<br />
dantur equi Teucris Tyrrhena petentibus arua;<br />
ducunt exsortem Aeneae, quem fulua leonis<br />
pellis ob<strong>it</strong> totum praefulgens unguibus aureis.<br />
Fama uolat paruam sub<strong>it</strong>o uulgata per urbem<br />
ocius ire equ<strong>it</strong>es Tyrrheni ad limina regis. 555<br />
uota metu duplicant matres, propiusque periclo<br />
<strong>it</strong> timor et maior Martis iam apparet imago.<br />
tum pater Euandrus dextram complexus euntis<br />
haeret inexpletus lacrimans ac talia fatur:<br />
'o mihi praeter<strong>it</strong>os referat si Iupp<strong>it</strong>er annos, 560<br />
qualis eram cum primam aciem Praeneste sub ipsa<br />
straui scutorumque incendi uictor aceruos<br />
et regem hac Erulum dextra sub Tartara misi,<br />
nascenti cui tris animas Feronia mater<br />
(horrendum dictu) dederat, terna arma mouenda— 565<br />
ter leto sternendus erat; cui tunc tamen omnis<br />
abstul<strong>it</strong> haec animas dextra et totidem exu<strong>it</strong> armis:<br />
non ego nunc dulci amplexu diuellerer usquam,<br />
nate, tuo, neque fin<strong>it</strong>imo Mezentius umquam<br />
huic cap<strong>it</strong>i insultans tot ferro saeua dedisset 570<br />
funera, tam multis uiduasset ciuibus urbem.<br />
at uos, o superi, et diuum tu maxime rector<br />
Iupp<strong>it</strong>er, Arcadii, quaeso, miseresc<strong>it</strong>e regis<br />
et patrias aud<strong>it</strong>e preces. si numina uestra<br />
incolumem Pallanta mihi, si fata reseruant, 575<br />
si uisurus eum uiuo et uenturus in unum,<br />
u<strong>it</strong>am oro, patior quemuis durare laborem.<br />
sin aliquem infandum casum, Fortuna, minaris,
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