to pay you for glories like these? First and richest of all
will be the praise of heaven and your own hearts: next
to these you will receive the rest without fail from good
Æneas and young Ascanius, who will never forget a service
so great.” “Nay,” cries Ascanius, “let me speak, me, 25
whose safety is bound up with my sire’s return: by our
great household gods I adjure you, Nisus, by the deity of
Assaracus’ house and the shrine of reverend Vesta—all
my fortune, all my trust, I place in your hands: bring
back my father, let me see him again; he once restored, 30