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at vero Aeneas aspectu obmutuit amens, arrectaque horrore comae et vox faucibus haesit.
but indeed, Aeneas, out of his mind was dumbstruck by the sight (OF MERCURY), his hair stood on end in terror and his voice stuck in his throat
ardet abire fuga dulcisque relinquere terras, attonitus tanto monintu imperioque deorum.
he burns to depart in flight and leave the pleasant lands, thunderstruck by such a great warning and the supreme command of the gods
heu quid agat? quo nunc reginam ambire furentem audeat adfatu? quae prima exordia sumat?
alas what is he to do? by what mode of address dare he seek to get round the queen, now in her unhinged state? what first introduction should he adopt?
atque animum nunc huc celerem nunc dividit illuc in partisque rapit varias perque omnis versat. hace alternanti potior sententia visa est:
and so he divides his rapid thoughts now here now there, whirls them in different directions and turns over everything. as he was weighing up the alternatives, the following idea seemed preferable to him