“shattered are we by destiny and whirled before the storm! 25

On you will come the reckoning, and your impious blood

will pay it, my wretched children! You, Turnus, you will

be met by your crime and its fearful vengeance, in a day

when it will be too late to pray to Heaven. For me, my

rest is assured; my ship is just dropping into port; it is 30

but of a happy departure that I am robbed.” No more

he spoke, but shut himself in an inner chamber, and let

the reins of empire go.

A custom there was in the Hesperian days of Latium,