In equal ranks, and mix in mortal fight.
Serestus and undaunted Mnestheus join
The Trojan, Tuscan, and Arcadian line:
Sea-born Messapus, with Atinas, heads
The Latin squadrons, and to battle leads.
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{ They strike, they push, they throng the scanty space,
{ Resolved on death, impatient of disgrace;
{ And, where one falls, another fills his place.
The Cyprian goddess now inspires her son