inde Mago procul infensam contenderat hastam: ille astu subit, at tremibunda supervolat hasta, et genua amplectens effatur talia supplex: per patrios manis et spes surgentis Iuli te precor, hanc animam serves gnatoque patrique.
Next at Magus from a distance he had aimed the hostile lance. Deftly he cowers'the lance flies quivering over him'and, clasping the heros knees, he speaks thus in supplication: By the spirit of your father, by your hope in growing Iulus, I entreat you, save my life for a son and for a father.