Tambem movem da guerra as negras furias
A gente Biscainha, que carece
De polidas razoens, e que as injurias
Muito mal dos estranhos compadece.
A terra de Guipuscoa, e das Asturias, &c.
Camóens, Lus. iv. 11.
XXIV. “Sent our bold columns rapid to the fight.
Morton with joy, and Nial with delight
The summons heard.”
Ἐν γὰρ χερσὶ τέλος πολέμου, ἐπέων δ’ ἐνὶ βουλῇ·
Τῷ, οὔτι χρὴ μῦθον ὀφέλλειν, ἀλλὰ μάχεσθαι.
Hom. Il. xvi. 630.