shield is stretched over Troy. Yes, my son, I 30
give way, and shrink not from accompanying your flight.’
He said—and by this the blaze is heard louder and louder
through the streets, and the flames roll their hot volumes
nearer. ‘Come then, dear father, take your seat on my
back, my shoulders shall support you, nor shall I feel the 35
task a burden. Fall things as they may, we twain will
share the peril, share the deliverance. Let my little Iulus
walk by my side, while my wife follows our steps at a
distance. You, our servants, attend to what I now say.