Dixerat, et dicta Ilioneus sic voce secutus: rex, genus egregium Fauni, nec fluctibus actos atra subegit hiems vestris succedere terris, nec sidus regione viae litusve fefellit: consilio hanc omnes animisque volentibus urbem adferimur pulsi regnis, quae maxima quondam extremo veniens sol aspiciebat Olympo.
He ceased, and Ilioneus followed thus: O King, illustrious seed of Faunus, no black storm has tossed us on the waves and driven us to seek shelter in your lands, nor has star or shore misled us in our course. Of set purpose and with willing hearts do we draw near to this city of yours, exiled from a realm once the greatest that the sun beheld as he journeyed from the uttermost heaven.