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<strong>Aeneis</strong>/Liber IV 75<br />
quis me autem, fac uelle, sinet ratibusue superbis 540<br />
inuisam accipiet? nescis heu, perd<strong>it</strong>a, necdum<br />
Laomedonteae sentis periuria gentis?<br />
quid tum? sola fuga nautas com<strong>it</strong>abor ouantis?<br />
an Tyriis omnique manu stipata meorum<br />
inferar et, quos Sidonia uix urbe reuelli, 545<br />
rursus agam pelago et uentis dare uela iubebo?<br />
quin morere ut mer<strong>it</strong>a es, ferroque auerte dolorem.<br />
tu lacrimis euicta meis, tu prima furentem<br />
his, germana, malis oneras atque obicis hosti.<br />
non licu<strong>it</strong> thalami expertem sine crimine u<strong>it</strong>am 550<br />
degere more ferae, talis nec tangere curas;<br />
non seruata fides cineri promissa Sychaeo.'<br />
Tantos illa suo rumpebat pectore questus:<br />
Aeneas celsa in puppi iam certus eundi<br />
carpebat somnos rebus iam r<strong>it</strong>e paratis. 555<br />
huic se forma dei uultu redeuntis eodem<br />
obtul<strong>it</strong> in somnis rursusque <strong>it</strong>a uisa monere est,<br />
omnia Mercurio similis, uocemque coloremque<br />
et crinis flauos et membra decora iuuenta:<br />
'nate dea, potes hoc sub casu ducere somnos, 560<br />
nec quae te circum stent deinde pericula cernis,<br />
demens, nec Zephyros audis spirare secundos?<br />
illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectore uersat<br />
certa mori, uariosque irarum conc<strong>it</strong>at aestus.<br />
non fugis hinc praeceps, dum praecip<strong>it</strong>are potestas? 565<br />
iam mare turbari trabibus saeuasque uidebis<br />
conlucere faces, iam feruere l<strong>it</strong>ora flammis,<br />
si te his attiger<strong>it</strong> terris Aurora morantem.<br />
heia age, rumpe moras. uarium et mutabile semper<br />
femina.' sic fatus nocti se immiscu<strong>it</strong> atrae. 570<br />
Tum uero Aeneas sub<strong>it</strong>is exterr<strong>it</strong>us umbris<br />
corrip<strong>it</strong> e somno corpus sociosque fatigat<br />
praecip<strong>it</strong>is: 'uigilate, uiri, et consid<strong>it</strong>e transtris;<br />
solu<strong>it</strong>e uela c<strong>it</strong>i. deus aethere missus ab alto<br />
festinare fugam tortosque incidere funis 575<br />
ecce <strong>it</strong>erum instimulat. sequimur te, sancte deorum,<br />
quisquis es, imperioque <strong>it</strong>erum paremus ouantes.<br />
adsis o placidusque iuues et sidera caelo
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