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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber IX 177<br />
conclamat Nisus nec se celare tenebris 425<br />
amplius aut tantum potu<strong>it</strong> perferre dolorem:<br />
'me, me, adsum qui feci, in me conuert<strong>it</strong>e ferrum,<br />
o Rutuli! mea fraus omnis, nihil iste nec ausus<br />
nec potu<strong>it</strong>; caelum hoc et conscia sidera testor;<br />
tantum infelicem nimium dilex<strong>it</strong> amicum.' 430<br />
talia dicta dabat, sed uiribus ensis adactus<br />
transadig<strong>it</strong> costas et candida pectora rump<strong>it</strong>.<br />
uolu<strong>it</strong>ur Euryalus leto, pulchrosque per artus<br />
<strong>it</strong> cruor inque umeros ceruix conlapsa recumb<strong>it</strong>:<br />
purpureus ueluti cum flos succisus aratro 435<br />
languesc<strong>it</strong> moriens, lassoue papauera collo<br />
demisere caput pluuia cum forte grauantur.<br />
at Nisus ru<strong>it</strong> in medios solumque per omnis<br />
Volcentem pet<strong>it</strong>, in solo Volcente moratur.<br />
quem circum glomerati hostes hinc comminus atque hinc 440<br />
proturbant. instat non setius ac rotat ensem<br />
fulmineum, donec Rutuli clamantis in ore<br />
condid<strong>it</strong> aduerso et moriens animam abstul<strong>it</strong> hosti.<br />
tum super exanimum sese proiec<strong>it</strong> amicum<br />
confossus, placidaque ibi demum morte quieu<strong>it</strong>. 445<br />
Fortunati ambo! si quid mea carmina possunt,<br />
nulla dies umquam memori uos eximet aeuo,<br />
dum domus Aeneae Cap<strong>it</strong>oli immobile saxum<br />
accolet imperiumque pater Romanus habeb<strong>it</strong>.<br />
Victores praeda Rutuli spoliisque pot<strong>it</strong>i 450<br />
Volcentem exanimum flentes in castra ferebant.<br />
nec minor in castris luctus Rhamnete reperto<br />
exsangui et primis una tot caede peremptis,<br />
Serranoque Numaque. ingens concursus ad ipsa<br />
corpora seminecisque uiros, tepidaque recentem 455<br />
caede locum et pleno spumantis sanguine riuos.<br />
agnoscunt spolia inter se galeamque n<strong>it</strong>entem<br />
Messapi et multo phaleras sudore receptas.<br />
Et iam prima nouo spargebat lumine terras<br />
T<strong>it</strong>honi croceum linquens Aurora cubile. 460<br />
iam sole infuso, iam rebus luce retectis<br />
Turnus in arma uiros armis circumdatus ipse<br />
susc<strong>it</strong>at: aeratasque acies in proelia cogunt,
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