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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber XI 225<br />
Priuerno antiqua Metabus cum excederet urbe, 540<br />
infantem fugiens media inter proelia belli<br />
sustul<strong>it</strong> exsilio com<strong>it</strong>em, matrisque uocau<strong>it</strong><br />
nomine Casmillae mutata parte Camillam.<br />
ipse sinu prae se portans iuga longa petebat<br />
solorum nemorum: tela undique saeua premebant 545<br />
et circumfuso uol<strong>it</strong>abant mil<strong>it</strong>e Volsci.<br />
ecce fugae medio summis Amasenus abundans<br />
spumabat ripis, tantus se nubibus imber<br />
ruperat. ille innare parans infantis amore<br />
tardatur caroque oneri timet. omnia secum 550<br />
uersanti sub<strong>it</strong>o uix haec sententia sed<strong>it</strong>:<br />
telum immane manu ualida quod forte gerebat<br />
bellator, solidum nodis et robore cocto,<br />
huic natam libro et siluestri subere clausam<br />
implicat atque habilem mediae circumligat hastae; 555<br />
quam dextra ingenti librans <strong>it</strong>a ad aethera fatur:<br />
"alma, tibi hanc, nemorum cultrix, Latonia uirgo,<br />
ipse pater famulam uoueo; tua prima per auras<br />
tela tenens supplex hostem fug<strong>it</strong>. accipe, testor,<br />
diua tuam, quae nunc dubiis comm<strong>it</strong>t<strong>it</strong>ur auris." 560<br />
dix<strong>it</strong>, et adducto contortum hastile lacerto<br />
imm<strong>it</strong>t<strong>it</strong>: sonuere undae, rapidum super amnem<br />
infelix fug<strong>it</strong> in iaculo stridente Camilla.<br />
at Metabus magna propius iam urgente caterua<br />
dat sese fluuio, atque hastam cum uirgine uictor 565<br />
gramineo, donum Triuiae, de caesp<strong>it</strong>e uell<strong>it</strong>.<br />
non illum tectis ullae, non moenibus urbes<br />
accepere (neque ipse manus fer<strong>it</strong>ate dedisset),<br />
pastorum et solis exeg<strong>it</strong> montibus aeuum.<br />
hic natam in dumis interque horrentia lustra 570<br />
armentalis equae mammis et lacte ferino<br />
nutribat teneris immulgens ubera labris.<br />
utque pedum primis infans uestigia plantis<br />
inst<strong>it</strong>erat, iaculo palmas armau<strong>it</strong> acuto<br />
spiculaque ex umero paruae suspend<strong>it</strong> et arcum. 575<br />
pro crinali auro, pro longae tegmine pallae<br />
tigridis exuuiae per dorsum a uertice pendent.<br />
tela manu iam tum tenera puerilia tors<strong>it</strong>
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