defended by force of hand, it would have been defended
by mine, in my day. Your country’s worship and her 5
gods are what she entrusts to you now—take them to
share your destiny—seek for them a mighty city, which
you shall one day build when you have wandered the
ocean over.’ With these words he brings out Queen Vesta[132]
with her fillets and the ever-burning fire from the secret 10
shrine.
“Meanwhile the city in its various quarters is being convulsed
with agony—and ever more and more, though my