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Obvia cui Volscorum acie comitante Camilla occurrit
Camilla, going to meet him [Turnus] accompanied by her army of Volscians and encountered him
portisque ab equo regina sub ipsis desiluit,
and the queen leaps down from the horse near the gates themselves
quam tota cohors imitata relictis ad terram defluxit equis;
the whole cohort followed her lead, leaving their horses, glided down to the ground;
tum talia fatur:
then she spoke as follows
‘Turne, sui merito si qua est fiducia forti,
‘Turnus, if a strong person deservedly has any confidence in himself,
audeo et Aeneadum promitto occurrere turmae
I dare and promise to oppose the squadron of Aeneas’ men
solaque Tyrrhenos equites ire obvia contra.
and to go alone and face the Etruscan cavalryman.
me sine prima manu temptare pericula belli
allow me to try the first dangers of war in combat
tu pedes ad muros subsiste et moenia serva.’
[while] you, as a foot soldier, resist [the enemy] at the walls and protect the fortifications.
Turnus ad haec oculos horrenda in virgine fixus:
[in answer] to this Turnus fixed his eyes on the awesome maiden: