by Æneas. Well, if my power be not august

enough, I would not shrink from suing for other aid, be it 10

found where it may; if I cannot prevail above, I will stir

up the fiends of the deep. It will not be mine to keep him

from the crown of Latium—be it so; fixed for him by fate

unalterably is his bride Lavinia; but delays and impediments

may well be where the matter is so great; but to 15

cut off the subjects of our two monarchs—this may be

done. So let father and son-in-law embrace, at the cost

of their people’s lives. The blood of Trojan and Rutulian