with his right hand showering blows, now with his giant 20

left. No stint, no stay; thick as the hail with which the

storm-clouds rattle on the roof, so thick the blows with

which the hero, crowding on with both hands, is battering

and whirling Dares. Then father Æneas thought fit to

stem the tide of fury, nor suffered Entellus’ wounded spirit 25

to glut its rage further, but put an end to the fray, and

rescued the gasping Dares with soothing words, and bespeaks

him thus:—“My poor friend! what monstrous

madness has seized you? See you not that strength has