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dixerat. ille Iovis monitis immota tenebat lumina et obnixus curam sub course premebat. tandem pauca refert:
she finished speaking. Aeneas, in accordance with the warnings of Jupiter, kept his eyes unmoved and, though struggling, suppressed the anxiety beneath his heart. finally, he said a few words in reply:
‘ego te, quae plurima fando enumerare vales, numquam, regina, negabo promeritam, nec me meminisse pigebit Elissae dum memor ipse mei, dum spiritus his regit artus
‘i will never deny, o queen, that you have served me well in the very many things that you are able to list in speech, nor will it cause me to regret remembering Elissa as long as I myself have memory as long as the breath of life controls these limbs
pro re pauca loquar. neque ego hanc abscondere furto speravi (ne finge) fugam, nec coniugis umquam praetendi taedas aut haec in foedera veni
I will say a few words in accordance with the situation. Neither did I expect to hide this flight in secret (don’t imagine it), nor did I ever hold out the bridegroom’s torches or enter into these contracts.
me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam auspiciis et sponte mea componere curas, urbem Troianam primum dulcisque morum reliquias colerem Priami tecta alta manerent, et recidiva manu posuissem Pergama victis.
If the fates were allowing me to spend my life under my own control, and to settle my anxieties of my own accord , I would be taking car of the city of Troy first of all and the sweet remains of my family, the lofty buildings of Priam would be remaining and I would be remaining and I would have founded the citadel of Troy, rebuilt by my own hand for the vanquished.
