Then plumes the prey, in her strong pounces bound:

The feathers, foul with blood, come tumbling to the ground.

Now mighty Jove, from his superior height,

With his broad eye surveys the unequal fight.

He fires the breast of Tarchon with disdain,

And sends him to redeem the abandoned plain.

Between the broken ranks the Tuscan rides,

And these encourages, and those he chides;

Recals each leader, by his name, from flight;

Renews their ardour, and restores the fight.