Ten times already, round the listed place,

One chief had fled, and t'other given the chase:

No trivial prize is played; for on the life

Or death of Turnus, now depends the strife.

}

{ Within the space, an olive-tree had stood,

{ A sacred shade, a venerable wood,

{ For vows to Faunus paid, the Latins' guardian god.

Here hung the vests, and tablets were engraved,

Of sinking mariners from shipwreck saved.