Postquam introgressi et coram data copia fandi, maximus Ilioneus placido sic pectore coepit: o regina, novam cui condere Iuppiter urbem iustitiaque dedit gentes frenare superbas, Troes te miseri, ventis maria omnia vecti, oramus: prohibe infandos a navibus ignis, parce pio generi et propius res aspice nostras.
When they had entered, and freedom to speak before the queen was granted, the eldest, Ilioneus, with placid mien thus began: Queen, to whom Jupiter has granted to found a new city, and to put the curb of justice on haughty tribes, we, unhappy Trojans, tempest-driven over every sea, make our prayer to you: ward off the horror of flames from our ships; spare a pious race, and look more graciously on our fortunes.