Dardanidae contra turris ac tota domorum culmina convellunt; his se, quando ultima cernunt, extrema iam in morte parant defendere telis; auratasque trabes, veterum decora alta parentum, devolvunt: alii strictis mucronibus imas obsedere fores; has servant agmine denso.
The Trojans in turn tear down the towers and all the rooftop of the palace; with these as missiles'for they see the end near'even at the point of death they prepare to defend themselves; and roll down gilded rafters, the stately splendours of their fathers of old. Others with drawn swords have beset the doors below, and guard them, closely massed.