The rear so pressed the front, they could not wield

Their angry weapons, to dispute the field.

}

{ Here Pallas urges on, and Lausus there:

{ Of equal youth and beauty both appear,

{ But both by fate forbid to breathe their native air.

Their congress in the field great Jove withstands—

Both doomed to fall, but fall by greater hands.

Meantime Juturna warns the Daunian chief

Of Lausus' danger, urging swift relief.