he spoke, he trod on the dead, tearing away the belt’s

huge weight and the crime thereon engraved[o]: that band

of youths slain foully all on one wedding night, and the

chambers dabbled with blood: Clonus Eurytides had

chased it on the broad field of gold: and now Turnus

triumphs in the prize, and exults in his winning. Blind 5

are the eyes of man’s soul to destiny and doom to be, nor

knows it to respect the limit, when upborne by prosperous

fortune! Turnus shall see the day when he will fain

have paid a high price for Pallas unharmed, when he will