With calm dignity of soul the king makes answer:
“Gallant youth, the greater your impetuous valour, the
more watchful must needs be my foresight, the more
anxious my scrutiny of all that may happen. You have
your father Daunus’ kingdom, you have many a town 25
won by your own sword: I that speak have gold and a
heart to give it; in Latium and Laurentum’s land are other
unwedded maidens, of no unworthy lineage. Suffer me
without disguise to give voice to these unwelcome sayings,
and take home what I speak further: I was forbidden by 30