gives the word to the chiefs of his soldiery for a march
upon King Latinus, and bids arms be got ready. Italy
must be protected, the foe must be driven from the frontier;
he and his men will be enough for both, Teucrians and
Latians. So he says and appeals to Heaven: and the
Rutulians with emulous zeal encourage each other to
the fight. This one is fired by his leader’s peerless beauty 5
and youth; this by the kings in his pedigree; this by the
glorious deeds of his hand.
While Turnus is filling the Rutulians with the spirit of