Meanwhile the father at the wave of Tiber’s flood was

stanching his wounds with water, and giving ease to his

frame, leaning on a tree’s trunk. His brazen helmet is hanging

from a distant bough, and his heavy arms are resting

on the mead. Round him stand his bravest warriors: he,

sick and panting, is relieving his neck, while his flowing 5

beard scatters over his bosom: many a question asks he

about Lausus, many a messenger he sends to call him off

and convey to him the charge of his grieving sire. But

Lausus the while was being carried breathless on his shield