loudly upbraids the king, and calls the gods to witness
that he is once more forced into battle, the Italians twice
his foes, the second treaty broken like the first. Strife
arises among the wildered citizens: some are for throwing
open the town and unbarring the gates to the Dardans:
nay, they even drag the monarch to the ramparts: others 5
draw the sword and prepare to guard the walls: as when
a countryman has tracked out bees concealed in a cavernous
rock and filled their hiding-place with pungent smoke,
they in alarm for the common wealth flit about their