{ Then gained a rising ground, and called from far:—

{ "Resolve me, strangers, whence, and what you are;

{ Your business here; and bring you peace or war?"

High on the stern Æneas took his stand,

And held a branch of olive in his hand,

While thus he spoke:—"The Phrygians' arms you see,

Expelled from Troy, provoked in Italy

By Latian foes, with war unjustly made—

At first affianced, and at last betrayed.

This message bear:—The Trojans and their chief