§12.159auctor ego audendi. Sic exhortata reliquit §12.160incertam et tristi turbatam volnere mentis.
"I am the backer of your daring." Having thus encouraged her, she left her, uncertain and deeply disturbed in her mind by the sad wound.
§12.161Interea reges, ingenti mole Latinus §12.162quadriiugo vehitur curru, cui tempora circum §12.163aurati bis sex radii fulgentia cingunt, §12.164Solis avi specimen; bigis it Turnus in albis, §12.165bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro; §12.166hinc pater Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo, §12.167sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis, §12.168et iuxta Ascanius, magnae spes altera Romae, §12.169procedunt castris, puraque in veste sacerdos §12.170saetigeri fetum suis intonsamque bidentem §12.171adtulit admovitque pecus flagrantibus aris.
Meanwhile the kings, Latinus with huge pomp is carried in a four-horse chariot, around whose temples twelve golden rays gleam and encircle, a token of his grandfather the Sun; Turnus goes with white horses, brandishing in his hand two spears with broad iron heads; on this side father Aeneas, the founder of the Roman race, burning with his starry shield and heavenly armor, and next to him Ascanius, the second hope of great Rome, proceed from the camp, and a priest in pure white vestments brought the offspring of a bristly sow and an unshorn two-year-old sheep, and moved the beasts to the burning altars.
§12.172Illi ad surgentem conversi lumina solem §12.173dant fruges manibus salsas et tempora ferro §12.174summa notant pecudum paterisque altaria libant.
They, having turned their eyes toward the rising sun, offer salted grain from their hands and mark the topmost hair of the beasts with iron, and pour libations from bowls onto the altars.
§12.175Tum pius Aeneas stricto sic ense precatur: §12.176Esto nunc Sol testis et haec mihi Terra vocanti, §12.177quam propter tantos potui perferre labores, §12.178et pater omnipotens et tu Saturnia coniunx, §12.179iam melior, iam, diva, precor, tuque inclute Mavors, §12.180cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques; §12.181fontisque fluviosque voco, quaeque aetheris alti §12.182religio et quae caeruleo sunt numina ponto: §12.183cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno, §12.184convenit Evandri victos discedere ad urbem, §12.185cedet Iulus agris, nec post arma ulla rebelles §12.186Aeneadae referent ferrove haec regna lacessent, §12.187sin nostrum adnuerit nobis Victoria Martem §12.188(ut potius reor et potius di numine firment), §12.189non ego nec Teucris Italos parere iubebo §12.190nec mihi regna peto: paribus se legibus ambae §12.191invictae gentes aeterna in foedera mittant.
Then pious Aeneas, with drawn sword, thus prays: "Be now witness, O Sun, and this Earth to my call, for whose sake I have been able to endure such great labors, and the almighty Father, and you, Saturnian wife, now more kind, now, goddess, I pray, and you, glorious Mars, who turn all wars, father, under your divine power; and I call upon the springs and rivers, and whatever is the object of worship of high heaven, and the divine powers that are in the blue sea: if by chance victory should yield to Ausonian Turnus, it is agreed that the defeated shall depart to the city of Evander, Iulus shall leave the lands, nor hereafter shall the descendants of Aeneas bring back any rebellious arms or challenge these realms with iron; but if Victory should grant the battle to us (as I rather think, and may the gods rather confirm it by their power), I will not bid the Italians obey the Teucrians, nor do I seek realms for myself: let both nations, undefeated, enter into an eternal alliance under equal laws.
§12.192Sacra deosque dabo; socer arma Latinus habeto, §12.193imperium sollemne socer; mihi moenia Teucri §12.194constituent, urbique dabit Lavinia nomen. §12.195Sic prior Aeneas; sequitur sic deinde Latinus §12.196suspiciens caelum tenditque ad sidera dextram: §12.197Haec eadem, Aenea, terram mare sidera iuro §12.198Latonaeque genus duplex Ianumque bifrontem §12.199vimque deum infernam et duri sacraria Ditis; §12.200audiat haec genitor, qui foedera fulmine sancit.
I will give the sacred rites and the gods; let my father-in-law Latinus keep his arms, and my father-in-law his customary authority; for me the Teucrians shall build walls, and Lavinia shall give her name to the city." Thus Aeneas spoke first; then Latinus follows thus, looking up to heaven and stretching his right hand to the stars: "By these same things, Aeneas, I swear: by the earth, the sea, the stars, and the twin offspring of Latona, and two-faced Janus, and the power of the gods below, and the shrines of harsh Dis; let the Father hear this, who sanctifies treaties with his lightning.
§12.201Tango aras, medios ignis et numina testor: §12.202nulla dies pacem hanc Italis nec foedera rumpet, §12.203quo res cumque cadent; nec me vis ulla volentem §12.204avertet, non, si tellurem effundat in undas §12.205diluvio miscens caelumque in Tartara solvat; §12.206ut sceptrum hoc
(dextra sceptrum nam forte gerebat) §12.207numquam fronde levi fundet virgulta nec umbras, §12.208cum semel in silvis imo de stirpe recisum §12.209matre caret posuitque comas et bracchia ferro, §12.210olim arbos, nunc artificis manus aere decoro §12.211inclusit patribusque dedit gestare Latinis. §12.212Talibus inter se firmabant foedera dictis §12.213conspectu in medio procerum.
I touch the altars, I call to witness the fires between us and the gods: no day shall break this peace nor these treaties for the Italians, however things shall fall out; nor shall any force turn me aside willing, not if it should pour the earth into the waves, mixing them in a deluge, and dissolve heaven into Tartarus; just as this sceptre (for by chance he was bearing a sceptre in his right hand) shall never sprout with light foliage into twigs nor cast shade, since once cut from its lowest trunk in the forests it has lacked its mother, and the iron has removed its hair and arms, once a tree, now the hand of the craftsman has enclosed it in beautiful bronze and given it to the Latin fathers to bear." With such words they confirmed the treaties between themselves, in the midst of the view of the chieftains.
Tum rite sacratas §12.214in flammam iugulant pecudes et viscera vivis §12.215eripiunt cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras.
Then they ritually slaughter the consecrated beasts into the flame, and tear out the entrails from them while still alive, and heap the altars with loaded platters.
§12.216At vero Rutulis inpar ea pugna videri §12.217iamdudum et vario misceri pectora motu; §12.218tum magis, ut propius cernunt non viribus aequis.
But indeed to the Rutulians this combat had long seemed unequal, and their breasts were mixed with varied emotion; then all the more, as they see more closely that their strengths are not equal.
§12.219Adiuvat incessu tacito progressus et aram §12.220suppliciter venerans demisso lumine Turnus §12.221tabentesque genae et iuvenali in corpore pallor.
Turnus helps this, advancing with silent step and worshiping the altar suppliantly with downcast eyes, and his wasted cheeks, and the pallor on his youthful body.
§12.222Quem simul ac Iuturna soror crebrescere vidit §12.223sermonem et volgi variare labantia corda, §12.224in medias acies, formam adsimulata Camerti, §12.225cui genus a proavis ingens clarumque paternae §12.226nomen erat virtutis, et ipse acerrimus armis, §12.227in medias dat sese acies haud nescia rerum §12.228rumoresque serit varios ac talia fatur: §12.229Non pudet, O Rutuli, pro cunctis talibus unam
As soon as his sister Juturna saw this talk grow frequent and the wavering hearts of the crowd fluctuate, into the midst of the ranks, having assumed the form of Camers, whose lineage was noble from his ancestors, and famous was the name of his father's valor, and he himself was most fierce in arms, she throws herself into the middle of the ranks, not ignorant of the situation, and sows various rumors, and speaks as follows: "Are you not ashamed, O Rutulians, to expose a single life for all such as these?
§12.230obiectare animam? Numerone an viribus aequi
Are we not equal in number or strength?
§12.231non sumus? En omnes et Troes et Arcades hi sunt §12.232fatalesque manus, infensa Etruria Turno: §12.233vix hostem, alterni si congrediamur, habemus.
Behold, these are all of them, both Trojans and Arcadians, and the fated bands, Etruria hostile to Turnus: we scarcely have an enemy, if every other one of us should engage.
§12.234Ille quidem ad superos, quorum se devovet aris, §12.235succedet fama vivusque per ora feretur: §12.236nos patria amissa dominis parere superbis
He indeed will ascend to the gods above, to whose altars he devotes himself, in fame, and will be carried alive through the mouths of men: we, having lost our fatherland, shall be forced to obey proud masters,