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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber IX 176<br />
Nisus ab<strong>it</strong>; iamque imprudens euaserat hostis<br />
atque locos qui post Albae de nomine dicti<br />
Albani (tum rex stabula alta Latinus habebat),<br />
ut stet<strong>it</strong> et frustra absentem respex<strong>it</strong> amicum:<br />
'Euryale infelix, qua te regione reliqui? 390<br />
quaue sequar?' rursus perplexum <strong>it</strong>er omne reuoluens<br />
fallacis siluae simul et uestigia retro<br />
obseruata leg<strong>it</strong> dumisque silentibus errat.<br />
aud<strong>it</strong> equos, aud<strong>it</strong> strep<strong>it</strong>us et signa sequentum;<br />
nec longum in medio tempus, cum clamor ad auris 395<br />
peruen<strong>it</strong> ac uidet Euryalum, quem iam manus omnis<br />
fraude loci et noctis, sub<strong>it</strong>o turbante tumultu,<br />
oppressum rap<strong>it</strong> et conantem plurima frustra.<br />
quid faciat? qua ui iuuenem, quibus audeat armis<br />
eripere? an sese medios mor<strong>it</strong>urus in enses 400<br />
inferat et pulchram properet per uulnera mortem?<br />
ocius adducto torquet hastile lacerto<br />
suspiciens altam Lunam et sic uoce precatur:<br />
'tu, dea, tu praesens nostro succurre labori,<br />
astrorum decus et nemorum Latonia custos. 405<br />
si qua tuis umquam pro me pater Hyrtacus aris<br />
dona tul<strong>it</strong>, si qua ipse meis uenatibus auxi<br />
suspendiue tholo aut sacra ad fastigia fixi,<br />
hunc sine me turbare globum et rege tela per auras.'<br />
dixerat et toto conixus corpore ferrum 410<br />
conic<strong>it</strong>. hasta uolans noctis diuerberat umbras<br />
et uen<strong>it</strong> auersi in tergum Sulmonis ibique<br />
frang<strong>it</strong>ur, ac fisso trans<strong>it</strong> praecordia ligno.<br />
uolu<strong>it</strong>ur ille uomens calidum de pectore flumen<br />
frigidus et longis singultibus ilia pulsat. 415<br />
diuersi circumspiciunt. hoc acrior idem<br />
ecce aliud summa telum librabat ab aure.<br />
dum trepidant, <strong>it</strong> hasta Tago per tempus utrumque<br />
stridens traiectoque haes<strong>it</strong> tepefacta cerebro.<br />
saeu<strong>it</strong> atrox Volcens nec teli conspic<strong>it</strong> usquam 420<br />
auctorem nec quo se ardens imm<strong>it</strong>tere poss<strong>it</strong>.<br />
'tu tamen interea calido mihi sanguine poenas<br />
persolues amborum' inqu<strong>it</strong>; simul ense recluso<br />
ibat in Euryalum. tum uero exterr<strong>it</strong>us, amens,
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