with me, I shall meet all that happens with a bolder
spirit.” Touched to the heart, the children of Dardanus
broke into tears—chief of all the fair Iulus, as the picture 25
of his own filial love flashed upon his soul. Thus he
speaks: “Assure yourself that all shall be done that your
mighty deeds deserve. Yes, she shall be my own mother,
nought wanting but the name to make her Creusa’s self;
to have borne you lays up no mean store of gratitude. 30
Whatever the fortune that attends your endeavour, I
swear by this my head, by which my father has been wont