If you had any hope in the allied arms of the Aetolians, lay it down.
Spes sibi quisque, sed haec quam angusta videtis; §11.310cetera qua rerum iaceant perculsa ruina, §11.311ante oculos interque manus sunt omnia vestras.
Each is a hope to himself, but how narrow this is, you see; in what ruin the rest of our affairs lie shattered, is all before your eyes and in your hands.
§11.312Nec quemquam incuso: potuit quae plurima virtus §11.313esse, fuit; toto certatum est corpore regni.
Nor do I blame anyone: what greatest courage could exist, did exist; the struggle has been made with the whole body of the kingdom.
§11.314Nunc adeo quae sit dubiae sententia menti §11.315expediam et paucis, animos adhibete, docebo.
Now, therefore, what is the decision of my doubtful mind, I will explain, and in few words—give me your attention—I will teach you.
§11.316Est antiquus ager Tusco mihi proximus amni, §11.317longus in occasum, finis super usque Sicanos; §11.318Aurunci Rutulique serunt et vomere duros §11.319exercent colles atque horum asperrima pascunt.
I have an ancient land close to the Tuscan river, extending far to the west, even beyond the Sicanian borders; the Aurunci and Rutulians sow it, and with the ploughshare work the stubborn hills, and pasture the roughest of these.
§11.320Haec omnis regio et celsi plaga pinea montis §11.321cedat amicitiae Teucrorum, et foederis aequas §11.322dicamus leges sociosque in regna vocemus.
Let all this region and the pine-clad tract of the high mountain yield to the friendship of the Trojans, and let us declare equal laws of alliance, and invite them into our realm as partners.
§11.323Considant, si tantus amor, et moenia condant.
Let them settle, if such is their desire, and build their walls.
§11.324Sin alios finis aliamque capessere gentem §11.325est animus possuntque solo decedere nostro: §11.326bis denas Italo texamus robore navis §11.327seu pluris complere valent, iacet omnis ad undam §11.328materies, ipsi numerumque modumque carinis §11.329praecipiant, nos aera manus navalia demus.
But if their mind is to seize other borders and another nation, and they are able to depart from our soil, let us build twice ten ships of Italian oak, or more if they have strength to fill them; all the timber lies by the water; let them prescribe the number and fashion for the vessels, and let us supply the bronze, the hands, and the dockyards.
§11.330Praeterea qui dicta ferant et foedera firment §11.331centum oratores prima de gente Latinos §11.332ire placet pacisque manu praetendere ramos, §11.333munera portantis aurique eborisque talenta §11.334et sellam regni trabeamque insignia nostri.
Moreover, to carry our words and confirm the treaty, it is my pleasure that a hundred Latin envoys of the first rank should go, and stretch forth in their hands the boughs of peace, bearing gifts, talents of gold and ivory, and the chair of state and the trabea, the insignia of our reign.
§11.335Consulite in medium et rebus succurrite fessis.
Consult together for the common good, and succor our weary affairs.
§11.336Tum Drances idem infensus, quem gloria Turni §11.337obliqua invidia stimulisque agitabat amaris, §11.338largus opum et lingua melior, sed frigida bello §11.339dextera, consiliis habitus non futilis auctor, §11.340seditione potens (genus huic materna superbum §11.341nobilitas dabat, incertum de patre ferebat), §11.342surgit et his onerat dictis atque aggerat iras: §11.343Rem nulli obscuram nostrae nec vocis egentem §11.344consulis, O bone rex: cuncti se scire fatentur, §11.345quid fortuna ferat populi, sed dicere mussant.
Then Drances, likewise hostile, whom the glory of Turnus was vexing with oblique envy and bitter goads, lavish of wealth and better in tongue, but with a right hand cold in war, esteemed no futile counselor in debates, powerful in sedition (his mother's noble blood gave him a proud lineage, but from his father he bore an uncertain birth), rises and weighs down with these words, and piles up anger: "You consult upon a matter obscure to no one and needing no voice of ours, O good king: all confess that they know what the fortune of our people demands, but they mutter and dare not speak.
§11.346Det libertatem fandi flatusque remittat §11.347cuius ob auspicium infaustum moresque sinistros §11.348(dicam equidem, licet arma mihi mortemque minetur) §11.349lumina tot cecidisse ducum totamque videmus §11.350consedisse urbem luctu, dum Troia temptat §11.351castra fugae fidens et caelum territat armis.
Let him grant freedom of speech and abate his swollen pride, by whose ill-omened leadership and sinister ways— indeed, I will speak, though he threaten me with arms and death— we see that so many lights of leaders have fallen, and the whole city has sunk in grief, while he attacks the Trojan camp, trusting in flight, and terrifies heaven with his arms.
§11.352Unum etiam donis istis, quae plurima mitti §11.353Dardanidis dicique iubes, unum, optime regum, §11.354adicias nec te ullius violentia vincat, §11.355quin natam egregio genero dignisque hymenaeis §11.356des, pater, et pacem hanc aeterno foedere iungas.
To those many gifts which you command to be sent and promised to the Dardanids, add yet one more, O best of kings; nor let the violence of anyone overcome you, so as to prevent you, as a father, from giving your daughter to an illustrious son-in-law and worthy hymeneals, and joining this peace with an eternal treaty.
§11.357Quod si tantus habet mentes et pectora terror, §11.358ipsum obtestemur veniamque oremus ab ipso: §11.359cedat, ius proprium regi patriaeque remittat.
But if such great terror possesses our minds and hearts, let us implore him himself, and entreat favor from him himself: let him yield, and restore their proper right to the king and his country.
§11.360Quid miseros totiens in aperta pericula cives §11.361proicis, O Latio caput horum et causa malorum?
Why do you so often cast your wretched citizens into open perils, O source and cause of these ills to Latium?
§11.362Nulla salus bello: pacem te poscimus omnes, §11.363Turne, simul pacis solum inviolabile pignus.
There is no safety in war; peace we all demand of you, Turnus, and with it the sole inviolable pledge of peace.
First I, whom you feign to be your enemy—and that I am I do not care—lo, I come as a suppliant.
Miserere tuorum, §11.366pone animos et pulsus abi.
Have pity on your people, lay aside your pride, and, beaten, go!
Sat funera fusi §11.367vidimus ingentis et desolavimus agros.
Enough of deaths have we seen as we were routed, and we have desolated immense fields.
§11.368Aut si fama movet, si tantum pectore robur §11.369concipis et si adeo dotalis regia cordi est, §11.370aude atque adversum fidens fer pectus in hostem.
Or, if glory moves you, if you conceive such strength in your breast, and if the dotal palace is so much at your heart, dare, and carry your breast trustfully against the foe.
§11.371Scilicet ut Turno contingat regia coniunx, §11.372nos animae viles, inhumata infletaque turba, §11.373sternamur campis.
Is it indeed so that Turnus may obtain a royal bride, while we, cheap souls, a crowd unburied and unwept, are strewn upon the plains?
Etiam tu, siqua tibi vis, §11.374si patrii quid Martis habes, illum aspice contra, §11.375qui vocat. §11.376Talibus exarsit dictis violentia Turni; §11.377dat gemitum rumpitque has imo pectore voces §11.378Larga quidem, Drance, semper tibi copia fandi §11.379tum, cum bella manus poscunt, patribusque vocatis §11.380primus ades.
Do you also, if any strength is in you, if you have anything of your father's martial spirit, look him in the face who calls you." By such words the violence of Turnus flared up; he gives a groan and breaks out these voices from the bottom of his heart: "Larga indeed, Drances, is always your abundance of speech at the time when wars demand hands, and when the fathers are summoned you are the first to be present.
Sed non replenda est curia verbis, §11.381quae tuto tibi magna volant, dum distinet hostem
But the senate-house must not be filled with words, which fly big from you in safety, while the enemy is kept off,