{ Their passage, while they labour to the land,

{ And ebbing tides bear back upon the uncertain sand.

Now Turnus leads his troops without delay,

Advancing to the margin of the sea.

The trumpets sound: Æneas first assailed

The clowns new-raised and raw, and soon prevailed.

Great Theron fell, an omen of the fight—

Great Theron, large of limbs, of giant height.

He first in open fields defied the prince:

But armour scaled with gold was no defence