mounts up to heaven. See! as the arrow whizzes, a young

warrior in the first rank, once Tyrrheus’ eldest born, Almo,

is laid low in death; for the wound has lodged in his

throat, and has cut off, with the rush of blood, the passage

of the liquid voice and the vital breath. Round him lie 35

many gallant frames, and among them old Galæsus, while

throwing himself between the armies and pleading for

peace; none so just as he, none so wealthy before to-day in

Ausonian land; five flocks of sheep had he, five herds of

oxen went to and fro from his stalls, and his land was